Cypriot Greek→English

Translate Cypriot Greek to English the way locals mean it.

Cypriot Greek speakers use familiar words, future forms, and expressions whose social meaning can be quite different from a textbook reading.

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What locals actually say

Κοπιάστε, να σας κάμω έναν καφέ.

Come in, I’ll make you a coffee.

Κοπιάστε literally relates to taking effort, but in Cypriot Greek it is a warm or polite invitation to come in, sit down, or join someone.

Ίντα μπου κάμνεις, ρε κουμπάρε;

What are you up to, mate?

Ίντα μπου means “what” or “what is it that,” while κουμπάρε is a familiar form of address that can mean mate or buddy, not necessarily godfather.

Εν να δούμεν.

We’ll see.

Εν να marks the future and δούμεν is the Cypriot form of “we see,” but the whole phrase is often a deliberately noncommittal reply rather than a firm promise.

Έσιεις ψιλά πάνω σου;

Do you have any change on you?

Έσιεις is the Cypriot form of έχεις, with the local σ sound, and signals informal Cypriot speech.

Πε μου ποιον δρόμο να πιάσω για το λιμάνι.

Tell me which road to take to the harbour.

Πε μου is the Cypriot shortened imperative for πες μου, while πιάσω δρόμο is a local colloquial way to say take a route.

Η μάνα μου ήρτεν που το χωρκό.

My mum came from the village.

Ήρτεν has the characteristic Cypriot final -ν in the past tense, and που is used for from. Χωρκό is the Cypriot form of χωριό.

Κοπέλλια, να το κλείσουμεν τούτο πριν σχολάσουμεν.

Guys, let's wrap this up before we clock off.

Κοπέλλια is a Cypriot colloquial word for lads or guys, and the final -ν in κλείσουμεν and σχολάσουμεν is a common Cypriot verbal ending.

Έσιει πολλήν ζέστην σήμερα, εν αντέχεται.

It's scorching today, you can't stand it.

Έσιει and the final -ν in πολλήν ζέστην are characteristic Cypriot forms, while εν replaces standard Greek δεν in casual Cypriot speech.

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How Cypriot Greek differs

Cypriot Greek context: standard Greek in writing; casual register may carry light Cypriot flavour (κοπιάστε, ίντα μπου only in clearly dialectal casual text).

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