Κώστας:-------------- | Πώς σε λένε; | What's your name? |
Νίκος: | Με λένε Νίκο. Εσένα; | My name is Niko. And you? |
Κώστας: | Με λένε Κώστα. | My name is Kosta. |
In uppercase those phrases are:
ΠΟΣ ΣΕ ΛΕΝΕ;
ΜΕ ΛΕΝΕ ΝΙΚΟ
ΕΣΕΝΑ;
NB the semi colon (;) symbol is used in Greek as a question mark.
More formal ways of asking, "what's your name?" are:
ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΣΑΣ; | το ονόμα σας; | |
ΠΟΣ ΛΕΓΕΣΤΕ; | πος λεγεστε; | |
and reply "my name is" with: | ||
ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ------ | το ονομα μου ειναι | |
ΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΜΑΙ | ονομαζομαι | |
ΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ | λεγομαι |
And the slightly more formal way to say "and you?" is to add the and in so "ΕΣΕΝΑ" (liturally meaning just "You?") becomes "ΚΑΙ ΕΣΕΝΑ;"
To use Mr and Mrs use ΚΥΡΙΟΣ (κύριος) for Mr and ΚΥΡΙΑ (κυρία) for Mrs, so you would say:
Με λένε ο κυρίοσ ....... / My name is Mr ....... or
Με λένε η κυρία ........ / My name is Mrs .......
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