How to say (and write) Cheers in Greek?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at
11:08 pm
How to say and write cheers (when you toast) in Greek? I heard it's something like yiamas. But I don't exactly know what the meaning (if yiamas is the word), the root word/origin etc. If someone could also tell me how to write it in Greek alphabet, that would be great! Efharisto
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it’s Yiamas/Stin Iyiamas (to our health. fully you would say Stin iyia mas which means to our health. it’s like saying drink to our health. but they just put the words together to make it one.
Cheers: ευθυμίες
You mean "Jamas" ?
Also :
"Eis Igian"
"Stin ijiasas"
"Gia’sou"
Yes, the phrase is "yiamas". It consists of two words: "yia" and "mas". The phrase is elliptic. The full phrase would be "stin iyia mas", which can be also used alternatively. The exact meaning is "to our health". Written in Greek alphabet, it is:
"γεια μας" (yiamas) or
"στην υγειά μας" (stin iyia mas)
Moreover, something that few Greek people know, the word "γεια" (used to mean hello,hi) is a short form of the full wish "να έχεις την υγειά σου" (be healthy)
its pronuced yammas though i am greek
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