{"id":1793,"date":"2015-02-12T23:25:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2015-02-12T23:25:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:25:54","slug":"love-is-more-than-a-four-letter-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/love-is-more-than-a-four-letter-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Love is more than a four-letter word"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1795\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7321\/12498618815_b317af7b83_z.jpg\" aria-label=\"12498618815 B317af7b83 Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1795\"  alt=\"Simon &amp; His camera under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/12498618815_b317af7b83_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/12498618815_b317af7b83_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/12498618815_b317af7b83_z-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon &amp; His camera under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The Greeks are very creative when it comes to words of love. It doesn&#8217;t matter if we are cynical or romantic, extrovert or introvert, we all use words of love when addressing our alter ego. Below there is a sample of a \u201cGreek vocabulary of love\u201d. You might think that some of these words are ridiculous and some Greeks believe the same. However, they are commonly used in order to express affection and love.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0391\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>my love<\/em>. The most famous <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">expression. The diminutive \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u201d (<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>my little<\/em> <em>love<\/em>) is also very common. For more information on diminutives, check my <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/make-it-small-with-greek-diminutives\/\">last post<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u0396\u03c9\u03ae \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5= <span lang=\"en-US\">literally:<em> my life<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">\u039a\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">= <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">literally: <em>my heart<\/em>. It&#8217;s another way of saying \u201c<em>my love<\/em>\u201d. The diminutive is <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 (<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>my little heart<\/em>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">\u039a\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \/ <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03c3\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>my girl \/ my little girl<\/em>. It can be used for any woman in spite of her age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u039a\u03bf\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5. \u039a\u03bf\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03b1 <span lang=\"en-US\">means <em>doll<\/em> and it is used when addressing a woman. The derivatives are <\/span>\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1, \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 <em>(<\/em><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>little doll<\/em>) or <\/span>\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1 (<span lang=\"en-US\">literally it means <em>big doll<\/em> and metaphorically<em> hot<\/em> <em>woman<\/em>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<span lang=\"en-US\">= literally: <em>my eyes<\/em>. I guess the metaphoric meaning would be \u201c<em>my precious<\/em>\u201d. The diminutive <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is common as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03c9\u03c1\u03cc \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \/ \u03bc\u03c9\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>my baby \/ my little baby<\/em>. It can be used to address both men and women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03a6\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5= <span lang=\"en-US\">literally: <em>my light<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03a8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<span lang=\"en-US\">= literally: <em>my soul. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The animal kingdom could not be missing from the list. Usually women use these words to address their partners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>kitten<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>little pig<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">=<em> little bug<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>little rabbit<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">=<em> little lion<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u03bc\u03b1\u03ca\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9= <em><span lang=\"en-US\">little monkey<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9<span lang=\"en-US\">= <em>little tiger<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The list is endless and the only limit is one&#8217;s imagination. Some people use name<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> of flowers (<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>my little rose<\/em>), fruits (<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>my little apricot<\/em>), <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">or they invent words than mean nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">If you want to write a card to your Greek partner you can pleasantly surprise them by writing a few phrases in Greek:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0395\u03af\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03b6\u03c9\u03ae \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5= <em><span lang=\"en-US\">you are my life<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u0395\u03af\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03cc,\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u03af= <em><span lang=\"en-US\">you are the best thing that happened to me<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u0398\u03ad\u03bb\u03c9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b6\u03af \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5= <em><span lang=\"en-US\">I want to be with you always<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a\u00a0 famous love song by Nikos Papazoglou called \u0391\u03cd\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (August)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03b3\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 - \u0391\u03cd\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 - with Lyrics)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72RLJ-JP00o?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<div id=\"__hggasdgjhsagd_once\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/4983916011_4539c96445_z-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/4983916011_4539c96445_z-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/4983916011_4539c96445_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The Greeks are very creative when it comes to words of love. 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