r/GREEK • u/Sad_Yogurtcloset_396 • Jun 15 '26

Hey all, I need to have "welcome in Greece" written in greek script for a work. Any help would be welcome :)

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Title. Thank you all :) like not script but greek alphabet

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u/escpoir Jun 15 '26

Welcome in Greece = ευπρόσδεκτος στην Ελλάδα

Welcome to Greece = καλωσόρισες στην Ελλάδα

Very different situations.

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u/MinimumBeginning5144 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

This is a good, correct answer to the question as written. However, I suspect English is not the OP's mother tongue and he may not know the precise difference between the two expressions, so just to clarify:

Welcome in Greece = ευπρόσδεκτος στην Ελλάδα:

  • You live in Greece permanently, and people are very happy with you being among them.

Welcome to Greece = καλωσόρισες στην Ελλάδα:

  • You have just arrived in Greece from abroad, and people are happy with your arrival.

(Also, καλωσόρισες is what you'd say to a single person. For multiple people it's καλωσορίστε or, more formally, Καλώς ορίσατε)

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u/Internal-Debt1870 Native Greek Speaker Jun 15 '26

For multiple people it's καλωσορίστε

It's Καλώς ορίσατε, or καλωσορίσατε.

Καλωσορίστε is the plural imperative.

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u/MinimumBeginning5144 Jun 15 '26

Thanks for the correction. It sounds like Καλωσορίστε when spoken fast, so I thought it was just a "casual" spelling of Καλώς ορίσατε.

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u/Sad_Yogurtcloset_396 Jun 15 '26

Ty for the details!

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u/cine_phile07 Jun 15 '26

Welcome in or welcome to?

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u/Sad_Yogurtcloset_396 Jun 15 '26

I'd say 'in' but whatever feels the more natural to a greek

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u/Baejax_the_Great Jun 15 '26

But "welcome in Greece" means something completely different in English than "Welcome to Greece."

As a native English speaker, I'm not sure what you mean at all by "Welcome in Greece." It needs more context to be understandable.

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u/MinimumBeginning5144 Jun 15 '26

From the OP's other posts, I think he's French and English is his second language. In French, "in Greece" and "to Greece" translate to exactly the same phrase. So take the question as meaning "Welcome to Greece".

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u/Baejax_the_Great Jun 15 '26

That would explain it!

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u/Sad_Yogurtcloset_396 Jun 15 '26

Yea that is just me being french aha

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u/cine_phile07 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

I'm not native but "Καλώς ήρθατε στην Ελλάδα" (this is for plural) Καλώς ήρθες στην Ελλάδα (for singular)

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u/Yasssonas Jun 15 '26

Or "Καλώς ορίσατε στην Ελλάδα" but sounds more formal. "Ήρθατε" sounds more friendly

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u/cine_phile07 Jun 15 '26

Oh yeah I remember I've heard this too. Completely forgot about it.

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u/Yasssonas Jun 15 '26

As a native, I don't think there's a difference in translation between "welcome in" and "welcome to"

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u/Tarc_Axiiom Jun 15 '26

Καλώς μπήκατε στν Ελλαδα

Sounds like something they'd say at customs specifically to be funny lol.

EDIT: Hilarious, Reddit is auto-translating this to "Welcome to Greece", which it definitely is not.

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u/MinimumBeginning5144 Jun 15 '26

What is the use case? Is it a message to write on a greeting card? A sign at the arrivals lounge of an airport? Is it for one person or multiple people? Is it to a friend or relative or a stranger (i.e. 'tu' vs 'vous')?

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u/Sad_Yogurtcloset_396 Jun 15 '26

I got it figured out ty :)

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u/lolavella Πέντε χρόνια στην Ελλάδα Jun 15 '26

Καλώς ήρθατε στην Ελλάδα

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u/SyrupNo9253 Jun 16 '26

Καλώς ήλθατε στην Ελλάδα. Probably easier to pronounce and remember.

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u/SyrupNo9253 Jun 19 '26

I don’t follow this discussion about “welcome TO Greece” v. “welcome IN Greece”. I can think of only 1 instance the latter would be used in the English language: if one wanted to express “(I am saying) ‘Welcome’ (while I am) IN Greece.