C2

Regional Dialects and Variation

Τοπικές Διάλεκτοι

About this concept

Dialectal features: Cretan, Cypriot, Pontic, island dialects. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar differences from standard Modern Greek.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level C2.

Examples

ντζα (Cypriot) = καιand (Cypriot dialect)
ίντα θέλεις; (Cretan)What do you want? (Cretan)
εσέν (Pontic) = εσέναyou (accusative, Pontic)
τζιαι (Cypriot) = καιand (Cypriot)

More C2 concepts

Colloquial GreekΚαθομιλουμένηProverbs and IdiomsΠαροιμίες και ΙδιωματισμοίBureaucratic and Legal LanguageΓραφειοκρατική ΓλώσσαMarked Syntax and Rhetorical StructuresΣημειωμένη ΣύνταξηLiterary and Poetic LanguageΠοιητική Γλώσσα

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