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[willtam]

please could u tell me what the greek word is for yes and no i forget what no is but my cd course is saying that malista is the word for yes but my friend kos tells me different???????????????

[Birgit]

Hi Wiltam.

The Greek word for yes is "nai" and "oxi" means no.

"Malista" ... well, that is a word that is different to translate, maybe "well" (in some connections) will cover. But you use that words in many other ways. Maybe others have a better translation?

Regards
Birgit

[christa]

As I use it, ìÜëéóôá means more than yes. Maybe yes, sure...

Én Germany we would say : Jawohl

I have learned:


ìÜëá, ìÜëëïí, ìÜëéóôá

ìÜëá is from the oldgreek and means : much

ìÜëëïí is the 2. comparison and

malista the 3. comparison


So - lets hope Yannis could say more...

Christa

[Yorgos]

ÌÜëéóôá (Malista) has the meaning of certainly, definitely, much more that yes. It is derived from the ancient Greek ìÜëá that has a meaning “of the highest degree”.

Other words used for a higher degree of yes, similar to the English certainly and definitely are the Greek âåâáßùò – vevaeos- and ïðùóäÞðïôå – oposdipotae.

Isn’t fun using an other language!

Yorgos

[willtam]

i cant read greek?????????

[christa]

ìÜëá = mala

ìÜëëïí = mallon

ìÜëéóôá = malista


O.k. now???

[Henry Hooray]

i cant read greek?????????

Yes is 'ne', very short and abrupt.

No is 'oki', quite short and abrupt.

Confusingly, the Greeks have a habit of doing some kind of partly horixontal, partly vertical, head movement, which in my experience is mainly used when they say Yes - combining this with the near-British way of saying no, you could easily think that they do indeed mean No, when in fact the opposite is the case.

HTH, Henry.

[yannis_s]

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