Τσάι, παρακαλώ.

Tea, please.

Breakdown of Τσάι, παρακαλώ.

• το τσάι: the tea
• παρακαλώ: please

Questions & Answers about Τσάι, παρακαλώ.

How do you pronounce Τσάι, παρακαλώ?

A natural pronunciation is:

• Τσάι → TSAI (rhymes roughly with eye)
• παρακαλώ → pa-ra-ka-LO

The stress marks show where the stress goes:

• Τσάι: stress on the only/main syllable
• παρακαλώ: stress on the last syllable -λώ

So the whole sentence sounds like:

TSAI, pa-ra-ka-LO.

What sound does τσ make in Τσάι?

τσ makes a sound like ts in cats.

So Τσάι begins with a clear ts sound, not a ch sound.
That means it is tsai, not chai in pronunciation.

Why is there no verb here? Shouldn’t Greek say something like I would like tea?