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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Cap » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:15 pm

Oceanside50 wrote:Cypriot word of the day.."mucho bextis "

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:D

Good one! Although slang.
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Get Real! » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:25 pm

Oceanside50 wrote:Cypriot word of the day.."mucho bextis "

Moucho behtis
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Get Real! » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:25 pm

Sotos wrote:There is no point in doing this... somebody who is reading those things in English (Latin) characters can not understand at all how it should be pronounced. "σύρε" doesn't sound anything like the word "sire" in English.

Yes, not unless they use something like this:

Sire (pr: See-re)
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Cap » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:28 pm

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Re: Cypriot Language 101

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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby kurupetos » Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:40 pm

Sotos wrote:There is no point in doing this... somebody who is reading those things in English (Latin) characters can not understand at all how it should be pronounced. "σύρε" doesn't sound anything like the word "sire" in English.

Good point, Sotos. The correct pronunciation can be given only with Greek letters. :wink:
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby tsukoui » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:52 pm

kurupetos wrote:
Sotos wrote:There is no point in doing this... somebody who is reading those things in English (Latin) characters can not understand at all how it should be pronounced. "σύρε" doesn't sound anything like the word "sire" in English.

Good point, Sotos. The correct pronunciation can be given only with Greek letters. :wink:

Lordo, see how we defend our culture, you however capitulated to the Latins long ago, I bet you can't even write one word using the Arabic alphabet :lol:
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Lordo » Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:20 am

Get Real! wrote:
Lordo wrote:hang on a mo this aint cypriot this greek ellinigi style.

ehases do nussu is cypriot.

Greeks say “karpouzi” instead of “battiha” but your version is also correct.

karpouzi is a bastardized terggish word karpuz so is buzouki it is bozuk
batisha is coorect
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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby Oceanside50 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:10 am

Cypriot word of the day..."boy"

Foot/leg in the Cypriot paphian dialect , pronounced boy

Use in a sentence..."Bono to boy mou". .. Or "kathoume me ena boy pano sto alo"...or when referring to a young paphian lady.."oee re inta boy eshi Jennie"

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Re: Cypriot Language 101

Postby CBBB » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:51 am

Oceanside50 wrote:Cypriot word of the day..."boy"

Foot/leg in the Cypriot paphian dialect , pronounced boy

Use in a sentence..."Bono to boy mou". .. Or "kathoume me ena boy pano sto alo"...or when referring to a young paphian lady.."oee re inta boy eshi Jennie"

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I agree with sotos, it needs to be done in Greek characters to get the pronunciation right!
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