Greek · 8 phrases
Taverna & Toasts
The register of the taverna: toasts, treating, and the vivid vocabulary of getting wrecked. Learn to toast (γεια μας), to offer a round (fighting over the bill is a sport), and to describe the damage the morning after. Eye contact on the clink is non-negotiable.
άσπρο πάτο áspro páto AH-sproh PAH-toh Bottoms up! / down it in one! έχω χανγκόβερ écho changkóver EH-khoh hang-GOH-ver I'm hungover — my head is killing me. κέφι kéfi KEH-fee The good-time feeling — soul, joy, being in the mood to celebrate. κερνάω kernáo ker-NAH-oh I'm buying / this round's on me — the ritual of treating. στην υγειά μας stin ygeiá mas steen ee-YAH mahss To our health! — the fuller, warmer toast. γεια μας geiá mas YAH mahss Cheers! — the standard toast. τύφλα στο μεθύσι týfla sto methýsi TEE-flah stoh meh-THEE-see Blind drunk / hammered / wasted. δεν γαμιέται den gamiétai then gah-MYEH-teh Who gives a fuck / forget it / to hell with it — dismissive resignation.