{"id":1161,"date":"2013-10-16T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2013-10-16T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:07:02","slug":"yes-or-no-how-to-give-positive-and-negative-answers-in-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/yes-or-no-how-to-give-positive-and-negative-answers-in-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes or No? How to Give Positive and Negative Answers in Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common Greek words which can be used to give positive or negative answers are \u00ab<b>\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>\u00bb (\u201cnai\u201d, yes) and \u00ab<b>\u03cc\u03c7\u03b9<\/b>\u00bb (\u201cohi\u201d, \u201cno\u201d).\u00a0 In oral speech, we use many expressions, polite and formal, or more conversational. Below, there are some examples of the use of these exressions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Positive Answers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u039d\u03b1\u03b9 <\/b>(nai) :yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u03a3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ac \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5;\u00bb \u00ab\u039d\u03b1\u03b9.\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201cSou aresei to forema mou?\u201d \u201c Nai\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cDo you like my dress?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u0391\u03bc\u03ad<\/b> (ame): sure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><b>\u0391\u03bc\u03ad<\/b> is colloquial and is used in Southern Greece mostly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u0398\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c1\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03a3\u03ac\u03b2\u03b2\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf;\u00bb \u00ab\u0391\u03bc\u03ad!\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Tha <\/i><i>ertheis <\/i><i>sto <\/i><i>party <\/i><i>mou <\/i><i>to <\/i><i>Savvato?\u201d<\/i> <i>\u201cAme!\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cWill you come to my party on Saturday?\u201d \u201cSure\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u0395\u03bd\u03bd\u03bf\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/b><b> <\/b>(ennoeitai): litteraly it means \u201cit\u2019s meant\u201d . It\u2019s colloquial and is used to express\u00a0 a positive affirmation with passion. It can be translated in many ways, depending on the context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u039c\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03a3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9!\u00bb \u00ab\u0395\u03bd\u03bd\u03bf\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9!\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Min <\/i><i>peis <\/i><i>sti <\/i><i>Sophia <\/i><i>oti <\/i><i>mou <\/i><i>aresei!\u201d <\/i><i>\u201cEnnoeitai!\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cDon\u2019t tell Sophia that I like her!\u201d \u201cAbsolutely not!\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u0392\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03c2<\/b><b> \/ \u0392\u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03b9\u03b1<\/b> (veveos, vevea): of course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u0392\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03c2 \u00a0is an older type.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u039c\u03ae\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03be\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03cd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03bf\u03b4\u03cc\u03c2 \u039d\u03ac\u03be\u03bf\u03c5;\u00bb \u00ab\u0392\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03c2.\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Mipos <\/i><i>xerete <\/i><i>pou <\/i><i>einai <\/i><i>I <\/i><i>odos <\/i><i>Naxou?\u201d <\/i><i>\u201cVeveos.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u03a6\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac<\/b> (fysika): Of course, certainly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u0395\u03c3\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf;\u00bb \u00ab\u03a6\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac<\/strong><i><strong>.\u00bb<\/strong>(\u201cEseis pistevete oti einai<\/i> <i>kalo afto to sholeio?\u201d \u201cFysika.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cDo you believe this is a good school?\u201d \u201cCertainly.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u039c\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1<\/b> (malista): yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">In Ancient Greek \u03bc\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 means \u201cmostly\u201d. In Modern Greek it has the same meaning as \u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 (yes) is more respectful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u03a3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03bc\u03b7, \u03bc\u03ae\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u0391\u03bb\u03b5\u03be\u03af\u03bf\u03c5;\u00bb \u00ab\u039c\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1.\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Signomi, <\/i><i>mipos <\/i><i>eiste <\/i><i>I <\/i><i>kiria <\/i><i>Alexiou?\u201d <\/i><i>\u201cMalista.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cExcuse-me, is this Mrs. Alexiou?\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Negative answers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u038c\u03c7\u03b9 <\/b>(ohi): No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u03a3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1;\u00bb \u00ab\u038c\u03c7\u03b9.\u00bb<\/strong> \u00a0<i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Sou <\/i><i>arese <\/i><i>I <\/i><i>tainia?\u201d <\/i><i>\u201cOhi.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cDid you like the movie?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u039c\u03b5<\/b><b> \u03c4\u03af\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1<\/b> (me tipota): no way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">It\u2019s colloquial and literally it means \u201cwith nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u0394\u03b5 \u03b8\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c1\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b6\u03af \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b9;\u00bb \u00ab\u039c\u03b5 \u03c4\u03af\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1.\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201cDe theleis na ertheis mazi<\/i> <i>mass to party?\u201d \u201cMe tipota.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cDon\u2019t \u00a0you want to come with us to the party?\u201d \u201cNo way.\u201d)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7<\/b><b> <\/b>(den iparhei periptosi): there\u2019s no way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ex: <strong>\u00ab\u0398\u03b1 \u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf;\u00bb \u00ab\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7.\u00bb<\/strong> <i>(\u201c<\/i><i>Tha <\/i><i>ksanavgeis <\/i><i>me <\/i><i>ton <\/i><i>Petro?\u201d <\/i><i>\u201cDen iparhei periptosi.\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cWill you go out with Petro again?\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0 no way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the simplest way to give a positive or a negative answer is to nod without saying a word. If you don\u2019t know how, just watch the following video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to speak fluent Greek without saying a word\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAr2Hdvu17M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common Greek words which can be used to give positive or negative answers are \u00ab\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u00bb (\u201cnai\u201d, yes) and \u00ab\u03cc\u03c7\u03b9\u00bb (\u201cohi\u201d, \u201cno\u201d).\u00a0 In oral speech, we use many expressions, polite and formal, or more conversational. Below, there are some examples of the use of these exressions. Positive Answers \u039d\u03b1\u03b9 (nai) :yes Ex: \u00ab\u03a3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/yes-or-no-how-to-give-positive-and-negative-answers-in-greek\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[4180,274466,109,11974,218688,13022],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-answer","tag-modern-greek","tag-negative","tag-no","tag-positive","tag-yes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}