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The Telephone
by Guest User - Thursday, 26 July 2007, 09:15 PM
  My friend who is learning Greek asked me why we say:

"Se pairnw thlefwno" and not "sou pairnw thlefwno" since the call is being made TO the person (like an indirect object pronoun).

I didn't have a good answer. Does anyone? Also, am I saying it wrong? Maybe it is "sou"...I don't think so, but I could be wrong...
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Απάντηση: The Telephone
by Guest User - Thursday, 26 July 2007, 11:07 PM
  In fact we do say SE PAIRNW THLEFWNO, I am Greek, but I do not know why we say this to be completely honest.
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Re: Απάντηση: The Telephone
by Guest User - Sunday, 29 July 2007, 06:08 AM
  Hi there its like a topic dialect from Macedonia-Salonica,
couse they are used to say "σε παιρνω τηλεφωνο" ,instead of "θα σε παρω (τωρα) τηλεφωνο".
Its just a phrase that we generally use(paraphrased).
Something like "call ya"-instead of "i'll call you back".

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