CHORA SFAKION - Traditions
 

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

englishgreeksfakian
what?tiida
why?gia tígianta
when?potéode
noóchioi
hereedóepae
thereekíekia
yesterdaychtésopses
yesterday nightchtes to vrádiopsargas
sendstélnopebo
listenakúogroiko
boyto agórito kopeli
missi kiríai kera
worldo kosmóso ntounias
lovei agápii sevtas