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Hello, I have a question. I'm off to greece with my (veryvery new) boyfriend. He thinks I don't speak a word greek.. Which is kind of true (not really.. Yiassas is now part of my vocabulary.. as is kalinigta.... Actually.. I already know a lot of words... Anyways..) My point: I'd like to surprise him a bit. I've done the BBC online basics. This week I start the course on this website.. But. I''d like to tell him the next sentence.. and dont say anything weird or emberrasing.. (sorry already for the horrible romantic sentence.. :P) Goodnight my sweet Greek prince. Google translate says: Thankyou very much! |
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Not quite. 1. since you're addressing him directly, the words referring directly to him all have to be in vocative case -- thus vocative γλυκέ, not γλυκό. 2. you would use the word for a Greek man (Έλληνας), not for a Greek thing (ελληνικός) -- thus vocative Έλληνα, not ελληνικά. 3. πρίγκιπα gets a second spoken and written accent on the α, because it's an antepenult-stressed noun followed by an unstressed possessive pronoun. So your phrase would be: Καληνύχτα, γλυκέ Έλληνα πρίγκιπά μου. = Goodnight, my sweet Greek prince -or- Goodnight, sweet Greek prince of mine. pronounced: ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu Regards, Greg Brush |
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Thankyou very much! What an extensive and perfect answer! :D Now practising!! ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu..ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu...ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu.....ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu........ka-lee-'nee-hta glee-'kay 'el-ee-na 'pree-ngee-'pa mu! THNX! :D |
