Sfakian People, especially old ones, are sometimes talking in a dialect which is hard to understand - even for greek! The pronouncning of the "k" as "tshe" is just one example for a lot of differences between New Greek and "sfakiani Greek". The short list below might give you an idea about it and can be helpful if you try to express yourself in greek.
some sfakian dialect expressions
| english | greek | sfakian |
|---|---|---|
| what? | ti | ida |
| why? | gia tí | gianta |
| when? | poté | ode |
| no | óchi | oi |
| here | edó | epae |
| there | ekí | ekia |
| yesterday | chtés | opses |
| yesterday night | chtes to vrádi | opsargas |
| send | stélno | pebo |
| listen | akúo | groiko |
| boy | to agóri | to kopeli |
| miss | i kiría | i kera |
| world | o kosmós | o ntounias |
| love | i agápi | i sevtas |







