How to order coffee in Greece? | Super Easy Greek 15

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Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced in local languages and contain subtitles in both the original language as well as in English.

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Camera: Fanis Sotiriou
Host post-production: Dimitris Hall

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[diananeg]

Omg, I can't believe you advised people to not waste straws because of the pollution. Love you guys!

[anjelmusic]

When I spent last summer in Greece, I became very good at ordering my "freddo espresso, sketo, parakaló". One time in Mykonos, the barista started asking me many other questions in Greek - until I finally admitted that was all the Greek I knew. She laughed because I had ordered it so expertly she thought I was Greek!

I've since learned a few more words, courtesy of Easy Greek!

[Morithcat]

This is such an important video. Ordering coffee is one of the first things one should learn in any languages!

[coksevimliyimsonderecedeli]

My favourite non-latin alphabet language 💙 it sounds so satifying

[justynafuchs]

This is such a nice video! I love how you've sneaked in the ecological aspect, so now you not only taught everyone how to order coffee in Greece, but also how to automatically refuse any straws 😃 We have to make an Easy Polish version of it soon 😜

[eklipon]

You also forgot another "level" of sugar! A lot of poeple drink their Freddo Espresso or Freddo Capuccino with "ολίγη" meaning "little" sugar. This level is between "Σκέτος" and "Μέτριος" (Between black and medium). So I say: "Θα ήθελα εναν Freddo Espresso με ολίγη παρακαλώ." What's interesting is that ολίγος is an older form of λίγος meaning little, small in Greek, that's not used anymore, except when ordering coffee. Nowadays we don't say ολίγος but λίγος/λίγη etc. I don't know why that is, although I find it interesting.

[dianeposselius]

A clever concept and of great practical use. Thank you so much! Coffee has acquired an international and subtle vocabulary all its own.

[jacobgoering]

Ήταν ένα από τα αγαπημένα μου επεισόδια γιατί μου αρέσει πολύ ο καφές. Ευχαριστώ πολύ για επεισόδιο!

[descristifasoi]

ohhhh das war super, danke!!! Wir können endlich Frape Kaffee bestellen!!!

[BeCorbie]

This series really helps me a lot learning greek! Keep it up!

[damlaferahi]

Σήμερα έμαθα πώς να πω "θα ήθελα έναν παγωμένο φραπέ με γάλα αμυγδάλου και με λίγη ζάχαρη " χεχε αυτό είναι πώς προτιμώ. Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ. Και τελικά, δεν χρειάζομαστε καλαμάκι καθόλου. 🙋🏻‍♀️

[piretkivi]

I am a fan of old travel books. In the old days (i.e. before mass tourism?) tourists were expected to be genuinely interested in the countries they visited. This meant that ordering coffee in the local language was the norm. Everybody learned to do that. Is it possible to have the same mentality in Athens in 2023? 50-50. I cannot speak Greek (I have studied some New Testament Greek, therefore I understand a lot of signs and words) but I decided to do basic things in Greek. Out of courtesy. 50 per cent of people (mostly old people and women) liked it. I bought many coffees and museum tickets and tiropitas and God knows what else in Greek and it was sort of cool to communicate in a language I cannot speak. It felt like magic because strange sounds produced desired outcomes. However, I quickly noticed that young(ish) Greek men hated it and mostly spoke to me in English. So I started to google and indeed found some young Greeks (mostly men) who were upset about their lives and thought they deserved more because of their fantastic English language skills. Their opinion: "Foreigners should only speak Greek if their Greek is perfect." So I guess I need to translate about 100 pages of Homeros to Modern Greek and a few other languages first? After that I will be given a special permit that allows me to order a coffee in Greek?

Online there was a very angry young Greek man who claimed to be a Greek teacher and teach foreigners. I thought of staying in Athens longer and signing up for some Modern Greek classes. However, the idea of a teacher who hates me and who also hates his own miserable life was way too odd and disturbing. Where are the Greek teachers who do not hate themselves and foreigners?

I feel that Huntington's theory regarding the clash of civilizations is more or less correct. I started to really like Athens but only AFTER I removed it from the category of European (Western) cities. I also understand how the Western knights felt in Constantinople. I think I had the same clash. I am now quite interested in going to Corfu. It was never in the Ottoman Empire. I want to find out if it is more Western. It should be?

But I had lovely experiences in Athens. There was an old Greek gentleman with a suitcase. He asked me: "Ti ora ine?" And I was not sure how to tell time in Greek. Can I just say the numbers? So I told him: "Ime kseni. Den milao ellinika." A second later I wanted to help him because he had not addressed me in English. So I ran after him and said: "Signomi, kyrie." Then I showed him the time on the screen of my smartphone. The best I could do.

Greece is not like Spain. In Spain nobody finds it odd if you speak Spanish. Even if you only know three words of Spanish. From a tourist perspective Greece is linguistically unpleasant and there are too many young Greeks who are angry and have the passive aggressive mentality of an Ottoman harem eunuch. Must be the economy? Well, just get rid of tourists and do something else! Onassis was in the shipping business. Maria Callas was an opera singer. There are many other ways to earn money besides tourism.

[ShaggyUltraLounge]

I cant believe I found a video where everyone speaks unusually slow Greek lol!

[MegaMessy]

when i was working in İstanbul i had a friend Whose groom had a cafe in İstanbul near patriarchate called as vizas cafe.. i have been coming by there often, giannis (the owner of cafe) has been making me cold freddo.. first time i had drunk cold freddo in that cafe.. thanks for the video dimitris

[ΣωκράτηςΠαρίσης]

Hello. I want a:
- indicate how much sugar: sweet, medium sugar, no sugar (you can ask for canderel, we call it zacharini)
- type of coffee you want: freddo cappuccino, espresso, frappe, etc
- indicate if you want cinnamon or chocolate above foam (in case of cappuccino)

[YN-bzje]

great lesson, very clear pronunciation!

[jr_]

Ένα πολύ χρήσιμο βίντεο, θα πάω στην Ελλάδα σύντομα και μου αρέσει να πίνω καφές!

[irondasgr]

Μπράβο, παιδιά. Πολύ καλή προσπάθεια. Εάν κάνετε κάποτε κάποιο επεισόδιο για τη Eurovision, θα ήθελα κι εγώ να συμμετάσχω.

Bravo, guys. Very good effort. If you ever make an episode about the Eurovision Song Contest, I would like myself to take part in.

[johnbingham]

m"aresi poly.As might be expected from the Greeks, all is logical, and, as opposed to French, say, the words come out like bullets making it easy to understand if one perseveres.

[jaskatpon]

Wow New style modern Cafes around the world are beginning to look similar! The traditional Cafés are sort of dying out. But great 👍🏾 topic to learn Greek.