Even though most people speak English, making the effort to speak some Greek words while you are here will be appreciated by local people.

The basics: 

Good morning \ Good evening                  kalimera \ kalispera
Goodnight                                                kalinichta
Hello \ Good-bye                                      yiasou \  adio
Thank you                                                efcharisto
Please, you are welcome                        parakalo
Yes  \ no                                                  ne\ ochi
Excuse me                                               sygnomi
Where \ when \ how                                pou \ pote \ pos
How much is …?                                      poso kani?
How do you do?                                       ti kanete?
Fine, thank you!                                        kala, efcharisto!
Do you speak English?                             milate agglika?
I don’t speak Greek                                   den milao ellinika
Today \ tomorrow \ yesterday                 simera \ avrio \ chtes
Left \ right                                                 aristera \ dexia
Small \ big                                                  mikro \ megalo
Water                                                        nero
Wine                                                          krasi
Milk                                                            gala

Numbers:

1. ena
2. dio
3. tria
4. tessera
5. pende
6. exi
7. epta
8. okto
9. enea
10. deka

• Bank Notes: CY£20, CY£10, CY£ 5, CY£ 1.

• Coins: 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents.

The Cyprus Pound is not traded internationally. Commercial Banks quote daily the exchange rates of the Cyprus Pound against all traded foreign currencies while the Central Bank quotes daily the Cyprus Pound vis-a-vis the ECU (European Currency Unit), the U.S. dollar, the Pound Sterling, the Deutsche Mark and the Greek Drachma.

Import of Bank notes
Visitors may import any amount of Cypriot or foreign bank notes. They should declare to customs, on form D. (N.R.), their Cypriot and foreign bank notes for purposes of: deposit with banks in Cyprus, purchase of goods or immovable property, or re-export.

Export of Bank notes
Visitors may export any amount of Cypriot or foreign bank notes they declared on arrival, on form D. (N.R.). They may also export up to the equivalent of USD1.000 in Cypriot or foreign bank notes which they imported, even if they did not declare them on arrival. In addition, visitors may take out with them up to C£100 in Cypriot bank notes.