PolyLingo
🇬🇷 Greek
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Politeness & formality (sound respectful fast)

Formality is one of the fastest ways to sound natural in many languages.

What matters most

Politeness uses plural forms and polite phrases.

  • When in doubt, choose the more polite form.
  • Memorize one polite question pattern and reuse it everywhere.
Πώς είσαι;
Pós eísai
How are you? (informal)
Πώς είστε;
Pós eíste
How are you? (formal)
Μιλάτε αγγλικά;
Miláte angliká
Do you speak English? (formal)

Mini challenge

Say your ‘Do you speak…?’ sentence in the polite form, then in the casual form (if your language has both).

Mini‑quiz

Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “How are you? (informal)”?