Κώστας: | Πώς σε λένε; | What's your name? |
Νίκος: | Με λένε Νίκο. Εσένα; | My name is Niko. And you? |
Κώστας: | Με λένε Κώστα. | My name is Kosta. |
In uppercase those phrases are:
ΠΟΣ ΣΕ ΛΕΝΕ;
ΜΕ ΛΕΝΕ ΝΙΚΟ
ΕΣΕΝΑ;
NB the semi colon (;) symbol is used in Greek as a question mark.
More formal ways of asking, "what's your name?" are:
ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΣΑΣ; | το ονόμα σας; |
ΠΟΣ ΛΕΓΕΣΤΕ; | πος λεγεστε; |
and reply "my name is" with: |
|
ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ | το ονομα μου ειναι |
ΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΜΑΙ | ονομαζομαι |
ΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ | λεγομαι |
And the slightly more formal way to say "and you?" is to add the
and in so "ΕΣΕΝΑ"
(literally meaning just "You?") becomes "ΚΑΙ
ΕΣΕΝΑ;"
To use Mr and Mrs use ΚΥΡΙΟΣ
(κύριος) for Mr and
ΚΥΡΙΑ (κυρία)
for Mrs, so you would say:
Με λένε ο κυρίοσ ....... / My name is Mr ....... or
Με λένε η κυρία ........ / My name is Mrs .......