Another of my favorite gestures is "biting your folded thumb while shaking your head", while you are angry with someone! Usually followed by an "Aaaaah"!

Αχαχα ωραίο βίντεο, Δημήτρη! Και μπράβο στα μοντέλα! Τις περισσότερες χειρονομίες χρησιμοποιούμε και στην Ιταλία. Εμείς οι Ιταλοί και οι Έλληνες είμαστε ξαδέρφια τέλος πάντων 😄

Very similar to italian ones :) but we don't have the one in which you spit in your shirt :DD very funny and good content to watch! Eucharysto!!!!

We should have an episode on insults, slang and dirty words now, lol. We HAVE TO!!!

Another lovely and fun επεισόδιο, ευχαριστώ πολύ. When we were on holiday in Greece years and years ago we had some funny misunderstandings die to the difference in meaning of certain gestures. Once I asked ' γάλα έχετε' and the Greek shopowner opened his eyes wide and pulled up his chin as if he wanted to say (as he would have done if he were Dutch) 'of course, what a question'. So I ordered 2 glasses of milk . He was not amused because he had just indicated that he didn't have any. And in those days the handgesture for έλα δω was with the palm down, in Holland telling you to get lost. So when somebody made that gesture in a very friendly way we were confused... Lol

Hi from Armenia)) We too use most of those gestures lol : ddd

The “What” hand gesture is the same as the way North Indians do. “No” face gesture would invite ridicule or confusion in India! 😀 All in all interesting Greek gestures and body language. 👍🏾

Γεια σας φίλοι Ελπίζω να είστε καλά ευχαριστώ από τα διαφορετικά βίντεό σας πολλά φιλιά από το Αφγανιστάν. Εύχομαι μια μέρα να σε δω στη Θεσσαλονίκη.

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για τον βίντεο, για σας από την Σερβία με αγάπη!!

As an Italian studying Greek, this episode was most enjoyable and much, much relatable! Thank you!!

I'm from Calabria and we use basically the same body language, really interesting :)

Most of the body language that you used in this video we use here in Egypt for the same reasons 🇪🇬❤️🇬🇷

I spent a year in Greece nearly a half-century ago, and this brings back a flood of memories. I had an interpreter, but picked up on the language quite a bit myself. For an American, it was odd that "nah" meant yes. "No" was two syllables; the second pronounced from the back of the tongue - not used in English where the tip of the tongue is used for all words. Body language was used as part of the language... a bit unusual in that an upward nod of the head mean "no" (but "yes" in English). Back then, I was aware of the "Moutza" but shocked to hear you say it is now in common use. I never saw the Moutza used even once, and no one - including my interpreter - would even tell me what it meant! All my interpreter would say was "very bad, very bad." The Moutza seemed to have almost a religious significance. The thumb and forefinger "ok" sign WAS offensive in the old days.... I never saw it used once. The forbidden things were the Moutza, the "OK" and showing the soles of your shoes (meaning you never crossed your legs while sitting). I remember that word for "hungry." To me, Greek seemed to use a different verb form to declare the person. "P-Now" mean "I'm hungry, but there were other verb words that distinguished the person referred to. In English we used the same verb, but with a pronoun modifier. You might have 7 "hungry" verbs in Greek with the verb alone identifying who you were talking about. "Malakas" was in common use.... I heard it and even used it daily, but I never saw the accompanying hand movement.... that's been added. Malakas was explained to me as a person who had masturbated so much, he had become psychotic. I also never once saw the middle finger used. Everyone called each other "Ray" --- I was told this meant "man" as in "hey man." But, I found out in an Athens bar that "Ray" was not to be used with strangers (I won the punchfest... Greeks could not box or throw anything for shit. I used to get them to toss rocks just for the laugh. However, in a tussle, they would grab hold of you with their hands, and kick the cowboy hell out of you with their feet!! Maybe it was the difference between national soccer and national baseball? Thanks for the trip down ancient memory lane, and sorry for the length.... I got carried away thinking and typing 100 wpm. :)

Εξαιρετικό !! Και τα μοντέλα τα καλύτερα!!

Our beloved performers !! Stefano & Vaggeli you are the best ! Ready for stand up comedy !!

When I lived in Greece, back in the 90's the first things I asked co-workers to teach me were the hand gestures, even before I learned words. The moutza and esp. the emphatic no (upward nod and teeth sucking) were the best things to learn.

Γεια σας. Hey guys! Great video! I'm Brazilian and excepting the "moutza" and other two or three gestures, we have the same in Brazil. I had no idea that Greek gestures were so spread here :)

Παιδιά, συνεχίστε 😂. Έχουμε τήν ποιώ ωραία γλώσσα τού κόσμου ❤. Διάφορες λέξεις καί χειρονομίες για μία καί μόνο έκφραση. Είστε απίθανη όλοι ❤😂😅

Εντάξει, έκλαψα 🤣😂

Ребята, я вас обожаю!! Вы - Супер!!!!!!!!!!

Greek is a beautiful language!

I just loved this not many understand our gestures had such a good laugh thanks

Grazie dall'Italia! Molto istruttivo delle molte uguaglianze e delle poche e sottili differenze.

Wonderful haha! I recognize so many!!

Delightful! And very informative.

I find there is missing some. At least here in Rhodes "come" is executed with the palm of the hand downwards and making a movement like you shovel something towards you. Then there's the not friendly gesture where you show the palm of the hand an move only the middle finger up and down. It indicates sex but can also mean either "I don't care" or "I tricked you". Then there's the one where the fingers of one hand grab the chin and move down to say "I'm clever". Then when people want to indicate that something unpleasant is going to happen or has happened they move the right hand and arm in a few small circles in front of the torso. The fingers are aligned. And then for "no" sometimes people just pull up their eyebrows without any other movement.

Ad italian i can relate a lot

Great stuff! Some of these gestures (hot, cold) are universal mime. Others are harder to guess and they're the really interesting ones. One that I loved back in the day - haven't seen it for a while - was the "τι να κάνουμε" gesture. Sort of the 'don't know' gesture with an additional look of fatalistic resignation. Probably an older generation thing, on its way out now. Αχ, τι να κάνουμε...

Ευχαριστώ πολύ

Thank you! Had a good laugh.

Μια πολύ παρόμοια κίνηση προς αυτή που κάνουμε στην Ελλάδα για να δείξουμε ότι κάποιος ή κάποια είναι ωραία ντυμένος ή όμορφος στην παλαιστινη σημαίνει « περίμενε να σου πω/εξηγήσω»

incrediable....extraordinary....thanks

Dear Greek friends; If you ever travel to Spain, try to not get angry if a driver passes by and makes a moutza to you. Spanish use it as a way to acknowledge they made a mistake and ask for your forgiveness.

Veri good job

Best greek content

Very interesting!👍

Good fun.

Great models 😁😁😁 thanks Easy Greek team!!!! Language learning made FUN 🤗

Thnk you.

Είσθε άψογοι! Συγχαρητήρια!

Very nice episode. I like all of 'em and I'm learning a lot. I would like to offer my services to fix the sound issues you are having.

To OK γίνεται απρεπής χειρονομία, εάν κάνεις την ίδια κίνηση όπως το ΟΚ, αλλά έχεις τον αντίχειρα και τον δείκτη προς τα κάτω. Υποδηλώνει τα γυναικεία γεννητικά όργανα. The OK hand gesture can become "inappropriate" and has a different meaning, if you do the OK gesture but have your thumb and forefinger looking to the ground. It denotes the female genitalia... Thanks for sharing.

ΤΕΛΕΙΟ

Yassu Malaka ! It is interesting to see how the greek gestures match the turkish ones pretty much 100%. Only the ok gesture would have a completely different meaning in Turkey. Here I would like to warn my greek visitors explicitly. The Greek ok gesture, means in Turkish "are you gay?" So, dont do that in Turkey 😂😂😂

this is just the best!

Fun fact about the origins of Mountza. It comes all the way from antiquity where a popular way of rediculing political convicts was by means of rubbing impurities on their face. Later survived as the open hand gesture indicating contempt and disrespect

The middle finger was pointing the American way, we use it pointing vertically to the hand with other fingers straight.

Wow...never realized how many of these I picked up from my family! LOL

It's interesting 😉

Hahaha, very good. I had to share this with non-greek speaking friends.

Very accurate! 😆👌

Πεθανααα😂 Τα μοντελα ολα τα λεφτα

I find it very interesting to see the differences and similarities between cultures through their body languages ! some of these gestures we don't do at all in France but my boyfriend (Iranian) does it often, like the head tilt and "tongue clicking" to say no. The first time I saw him do that I was kinda annoyed because for us clicking your tongue like this at someone can be seen as kinda disrespectful, as if that person is telling you off lol so it's good to know that people do that in Greece too so I'll be prepared when I go there haha

My Laconian cousin's favorite gesture is the complimentary handsome/pretty one. He is very deliberate with it though. With the three fingers together in front of his face, he pulls them down in one smooth motion, as if pulling down a small window shade and holds it for an extra moment for emphasis. Always made me smile.

Greetings and many thanks for the videos! I grew up in Turkey and the "καλό, όμορφο, ΟΚ, ωραίο" hand gesture has the same meaning when it's done like in this video. Whereas when it's upside down, when the back of the hand is facing the other person, it means "gay" in a pejorative and insulting way. So it's not very popular among kind people. So the position of the hand should change to be vulgar on the other side of the sea :)

In Bulgaria the gesture'yes' is very funny:-)

Very funny! Second generation and the gestures live on!

Έκλαψα από τα γέλια 😂. Να είστε καλά.

Όλα από αυτά είναι τα ίδια στη Τουρκιά🤷‍♀️😃

Niki, it is my favourite eliniki leksi:-)

😂 ❤ τέλειο 😂😂😂.

Ωραίο!!! Ξέχασες το «ζήλια» φιλε

🙌 meaning in Greek

The two dudes are adorable.

Άξιοι

Ευχαριστω πολύ! That was fun to watch :3 I tried to do the sign with the hand to my greek friend. He didn't understand it and tell me that's it's something than u feel xD It something than you learn to do, u cannot do this sign without the experience xD

What does making a circukar motion in hand and pointing at palm implies???can someone answer please

Τζαμι το βιντεο! That OK sign with the thumb and next finger joined is International, I think. At least its used in US and UK.

I direct the choir in a Greek Orthodox Church in America. I never gesture for "page 5" with my palm facing the choir. 😀

Revisiting this video after one year! Wow! Ερώτηση: μήπως το «τσιρλίπιπι» είναι... ηχομιμητικό;

Easy Greek

Τελειο βιντεο αν και λειπουν πολλα! Τα φρυδια που ανασηκωνονται στο οχι, το χερι βαραει το μετωπο σε κατι χαζό που ακουμε, το δαχτυλο που περιστρέφεται εξω απο το στομα(=θα σου πω μετα),επισης το ράψιμο του στοματος, το κλείσιμο ματιού.

Διασκεδαστικό και διαφωτιστικό είναι το επεισόδιο! 😉 Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ γι αυτό! Αλλά έχω μια ερώτηση: μερικές χειρονομίες είναι μόνο για άντρες, σωστό;

Το πιο ωραίο βίντεο που έχω δει ποτε μου ! Πράγματι μόνο οι Έλληνες εκφράζονται με τη γλώσσα του σώματος!

Its basically italy, why also use the umbrella gesture with the middle finger

Just came across this fun video. One thing to realize for Americans (like me) is that “no” in Greece (they tilt the head back) looks like “what did you say?” in the US. I remember repeating myself before I realized the person was saying “no” instead of “what did you say?” 🤣

In 1977 me and a friend tried to hitchike out of Chania, Crete. It did not work very well. But then a nice man stopped and told us that it was an obscene gesture to do the "thumb up" (it was the same as middle finger up according to him). Instead we should move the hand with the palm down. That worked much better... Anyone who recognize the thumb up as an insult in Greece? Was it perhaps something that was local to Crete?

3:28 εαν κανεις αυτην την χειρονομια αναποδα σημαινει "τοση θα σου την κανω την σουφρα"

Hey you forgot the πω πω hand gesture:) As in when some is very tasty or very good, even to express the “how much” of something.

I do most of these. 😂

γέλασα με τα Φάσκελα

Δεν είναι σίγουρη αλλά νομίζω πως τη χειρονομία "👌🏼" την χρησιμοποιούν έφηβοι και έφηβες με άσεμνο τρόπο οπότε μπορεί γι'αυτό κάποιο να την περιγράφουν έτσι!

3:45 είναι απρεπές γτ πολλοί βάζουν το δάχτυλο του άλλου χεριού να περνάει από μέσα και ξέρουμε πολύ καλά τι υπονοεί αυτό :p

Πολυ χαριτωμένα ολα....

Man we literally use almost every gesture in Turkey except moutza lol

ξεχασατε το μεσσαιο δαχτυλο αλλα απο μεσα :(

And from 2022 ,mountza as a gesture in other drivers or pedestrians comes with 100€ fine!!!!Be very aware

What's the one when you're waving over your shoulder? With the back of your hand towards the front.

I’ve seen one explicit one where you bend your middle finger and touch your thumb to it and you move your hand back and forth like you’re saying you’ll stick it up you know where. I almost got killed for doing it to a guy on the attiki odos once.

Ο αντίχειρες πάνω και κάτω δεν είναι ελληνικές χειρονομίες. Όπως και το "σε βλέπω".

3:15 example: GREECE!!!

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Spitting and knocking wood are the same gestures to prevent/expell the bad and the evil/devil. And to keep the devil away, there is nothing better, but to spitt him. By religion believe, it is accepted that before baptism in water, humans are vulnerable to the devil who tries to possess them, as they are not yet baptized and protected by God. So during the ceremony of baptism, while chanting, the participants literally spit on the air around them, against the evil spirits. Actually the body language of adult spitting is not spitting inside your t-shirt. Instead you spit your chest. In the chest is the heart 💓 and in the heart 💖 is the soul. So spitting the soul, you protect yourself from the bad bad bad satan. Ftou ! ftou ! ftou ! is the sound you make with mouth together. Amen. 🗣️🐍⛔💓😇

Εμαφεσ ότι εμαφεσ εμάς μου άρεσε🤣

Όπως έχω ξανα πει έρχομαι για τ αγγλικά χαχαχ οπότε τι θα έλεγες σε κάποιο επόμενο ν λέτε ατάκες από ελληνικές ταινίες ,όπως καλός τα ναφτακια τα ζουμπουρλουδικα κ άλλα τέτοια περίεργα εεε

No, in Italy we have no particular gesture of this kind.

Δεν ξερω, αλλα οποτε κοιταω σε ενα επεισοδιο, εσεις το κανετε να φαινετε πολλυ ευκολη να καταλαβω 😅 ελπιζω να εγραψα σωστα

Δημήτρη από που είσαι?

:)

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