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καλωσήρθατε
welcome /ka.loˈsir.θa.te/
verbB2#2776 most common
Also: you are welcome (to a group), glad you came
Example sentences
Καλωσήρθατε στην Ελλάδα!
Welcome to Greece!
Καλωσήρθατε στο σπίτι μας.
Welcome to our home.
Καλωσήρθατε όλοι στη γιορτή του σχολείου.
Welcome everyone to the school celebration.
Εκ μέρους της εταιρείας, σας λέω καλωσήρθατε στη νέα σας δουλειά.
On behalf of the company, I say welcome to your new job.
Καλωσήρθατε στην ομιλία μου· ελπίζω να τη βρείτε ενδιαφέρουσα.
Welcome to my talk; I hope you find it interesting.
Όσοι ήρθατε από μακριά, καλωσήρθατε σε αυτόν τον ξεχωριστό εορτασμό που διοργανώνουμε κάθε χρόνο.
Those of you who came from far away, welcome to this special celebration we hold every year.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | έρχομαι | ήρθα | θα έρθω |
| 2sg | έρχεσαι | ήρθες | θα έρθεις |
| 3sg | έρχεται | ήρθε | θα έρθει |
| 1pl | ερχόμαστε | ήρθαμε | θα έρθουμε |
| 2pl | έρχεστε | ήρθατε | θα έρθετε |
| 3pl | έρχονται | ήρθαν | θα έρθουν |
Word family
καλωσορίζωto welcome (someone)
καλωσόρισμαa welcome, a welcoming
καλώςwellέρχομαιto comeευπρόσδεκτοςwelcome, well-receivedEtymology
Καλωσήρθατε is a fusion of two older words that Greeks used to say together as one greeting. Καλώς means "well" and ήρθατε is the second-person plural aorist of έρχομαι, "to come." Over time speakers ran the phrase καλώς ήρθατε together into a single word, much as English speakers fused "well come" into "welcome." The verb έρχομαι itself has an irregular history in Greek, since its past and future tenses come from stems unrelated to its present tense.
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