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on: 07 May, 2005, 21:56:39
Σ' αγαπώ ( s' agapo / sagapo ) → I love you (Greek translation)

could someone tell me what [sah-geh-poh] might mean? (that's how i heard it, and i'm not sure what it means)

thanx!
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Reply #1 on: 07 May, 2005, 22:10:18
I love you
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Reply #2 on: 07 May, 2005, 23:27:02
As Spyros's answer is both brief and easy to misunderstand, let me add a bit:

What you heard is "s' agapo", Greek for "I love you". Now here is an illuminating story if you speak French. The great French singer Edith Piaf was, towards the end of her life, married to a Greek called Theo (Theofanis) Lamboukas. She would probably tell him "I love you" in Greek quite often, for he became known as Theo Sarapo. Now if you can read French with the correct accent, you will know exactly how "s' agapo" is pronounced.
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Reply #3 on: 08 May, 2005, 01:38:46
Nice story Nick, I guess this must make you very successful with women!
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Reply #4 on: 08 May, 2005, 04:05:27
thank you!
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Reply #5 on: 08 May, 2005, 05:08:13
In reply to Spyros: That was the teacher in me coming out with that story, not the lover boy. The lover boy does not tell stories, just sarapo.

How can I add lots of smileys next to that now?
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Reply #6 on: 08 May, 2005, 13:07:54
Well, it is not by chance that the verb "chat up" has acquired its special meaning! I think storytelling (especially of the romantic type) is a major component thereof!
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Reply #7 on: 08 May, 2005, 13:53:15
Η εμπειρία μου πάντως λέει ότι όποτε έχω επιχειρήσει να κάνω chat up με γλωσσολογικές αναλύσεις και ιστορίες για λέξεις, το ποτήρι του θύματος αδειάζει πιο γρήγορα και αυτή εξαφανίζεται, τάχατες για να το ξαναγεμίσει, σε μπαρ της Αυστραλίας.
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Reply #8 on: 08 May, 2005, 14:08:53
Σε αυτό έχω μόνο να σου απαντήσω: pulchrum est paucorum hominum.
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Reply #9 on: 08 May, 2005, 14:42:43
Θα σου έλεγα: "Quod spiro et placeo, si placeo, tuum est" (Οράτιος, ε), αλλά θα μας κράξουν.
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Reply #10 on: 08 May, 2005, 14:59:00
Βλέπω σήμερα ο Οράτιος έχει την τιμητική του!
Dum niko, spero! Και σου αντοποδίδω με τα ίδια:

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Reply #11 on: 17 May, 2005, 15:39:07
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Με εντυπωσιάσατε αμφότεροι...

Νίκο, ένα είναι σίγουρο πάντως... πως δίνεις στις κυρίες που κάνουν chat μαζί σου περί γλωσσολογικών και άλλων:-) την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουν νέους τόπους και να πλουτίσουν τις "παραστάσεις" τους και μάλιστα σε μέρη μακρινά κι εξωτικά (βλ. Αυστραλία)!
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Reply #12 on: 09 Nov, 2005, 22:28:13
Question....

I know Σ' αγαπώ means I love you..... 

But is there a difference between a romantic "I love you" (S'agapo)

and "I love you" said to family member (i.e. Mother, father, sister, brother, etc...)???

If so, what is the difference?

Thanx!
~Tiph
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Reply #13 on: 10 Nov, 2005, 01:01:48
The phrase s'agapo is used to describe both romantic and compassionate love. However, there is distinction in Greek between "love" and "eros". In English you use the word "love" to describe both types (I love you - I am in love with you), whereas in Greek being "in love" is expressed with "eros" (είμαι ερωτευμένος/ ερωτευμένη μαζί σου=e'imai eroteum'enos/eroteum'eni maz'i s'ou)

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Reply #14 on: 10 Nov, 2005, 01:19:18
OK..... thank you!!!
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