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Greek Family ‫ﺧ ا ﯽ ﯾﯚنا ﯽ‬

WOMAN WILL NEVER BE GREEK ENOUGH FOR HUSBAND'S FAMILY

‫ﺋ و ژن ی رگ ﺑﯚ ﺧ ا ﯽ اوس رەﮐ ی ناﺑ ﺘ ﯾﯚنان ﺗ واو‬

DEAR ABBY:
I married a Greek man whose family never accepted me. Being young and naive,
I tried everything to fit in, converting from Catholicism to the Greek Orthodox
faith, attending all family functions, including them in our lives. It was never
enough.
:‫ﺋا ﯽ ﺋاز ﺰ‬
‫ ﭼونﮑ‬.‫اوس رگ ﯾﻢ ﻟ گ ڵ ﭘﯿاو ﯽ ﯾﯚنا ﯽ ﮐرد ﮐ ﺧ ان ﮐ ی رگ ﻗ ﺑوو ﯿان ن ﮐردم‬
‫ ﺋاﯾﻨ ﮐ م ﻟ اسﯚﻟﯿﮑ وە ﺑﯚ ﺋاﯾ‬،‫ وﻟﻢ دا ﺧﯚم ﺑ ونج ﻨﻢ‬،‫گ نﺞ و ساو ﻠﮑ ﺑووم‬
‫ ﺑ شداری موو ﺋ رﮐ ا ﯽ ﺧ ان ﮐ م دەﮐرد و ﺧس بوومﻨ‬،‫ﺋﯚرﺗﯚدۆﮐ ﯾﯚنا ﯽ ﮔﯚڕی‬
.‫ ﺑ م ﺋ وە رگ ﺑ س ن ﺑوون‬.‫ن و ژ انﻤان وە‬

My husband and I traveled to Crete with his family to visit his relatives there,
and some extended family members refused to share the dinner table with
me because I was not Greek. One of those family members was a priest!

‫من و اوس رەﮐ م ﻟ گ ڵ ﺧ ان ﮐ ی گ ش ﮐر ﺘﻤان ﮐرد ﺑﯚ ﺋ وەی ﻟ وێ س ردا ﯽ‬

‫ ندێ ﻟ ﺋ نداﻣ دوورە ا ﯽ ﺑﻨ ﻣا ﮐ ڕەﺗﯿان ﮐردەوە ﻟ گ ڵ من‬،‫ﺧﺰﻣ ا ﯽ ﺑﮑ ﯾن‬
‫ ﯾ ﮐ ﮏ ﻟ ﺋ نداما ﯽ ﺑﻨ ما ﮐ‬.‫ﻟ س ر م ی نانخواردن دان ﺸن ﭼونﮑ من ﯾﯚنا ﯽ ن ﺑووم‬
!‫ﻗ ش ﺑوو‬

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Our daughter, "Athena," was born four years later. What broke the camel's
back for me was a Christmas dinner when she was 6. My father-in-law gave
cards with $100 to all the grandchildren of Greek heritage.
‫ ﺋ وەی ﺑاﺑ ﺗ ﮐ ی ﻟ من ﺗ ﮑدا ﺋ وارە‬.‫ﺋ س ﻨای ﮐچﻤان ﭼوار ساڵ دواﺗر ﻟ داﯾﮏ ﺑوو‬
١٠٠ ‫ ﺧ زوورم ارﺗ ﯽ‬.‫ سا ن ﺑوو‬٦ ‫ﺧوان ﯽ ش وی س ری ساڵ ﺑوو اﺗ ﮏ ﺋ و ﺗ م ﯽ‬
.‫ی دا س رج م ن وە ﯾﯚنان ﯿ ان‬$

Athena received nothing and cried for hours wanting to know why her
grandfather didn't love her. My husband just tried to stay neutral.
‫ن درا و ﺑﯚ ماوەی ﭼ ندان اﺗژم گر ا و دەﯾو سﺖ ﺑﺰان ﺖ ﺑاﭘ ەی ﺧﯚ‬ ‫ﺋ س ﻨا ﯿ‬
.‫ اوس رەﮐ م و س ﻻﯾ نﮕ ی ن ات‬.‫ن و سﺘووە‬

Abby, how far should someone have to go to fit in with their husband’s family?
‫ ﭘ و سﺘ ﮐ س ﮏ ﭼ ند دوور ﺑ ێ ﺗا ﻟ گ ڵ ﺧ ا ﯽ اوس رەﮐ ی ﺑ ون ؟‬،‫ﺋا ﯽ‬

Vocabulary: :‫وش و و اﺗا ان‬

Naïve ‫ساو ﻠﮑ‬
Converting ‫ﮔﯚڕی‬
Faith ‫ﺋاﯾ ن‬
Relatives ‫ﺧﺰﻣ ان‬
Extended family ‫ﺋ نداﻣ دوورە ا ﯽ ﺑﻨ ﻣا‬
Refuse to ‫ڕەت ﮐردن وە‬
Broke the camel's back ‫ﺑ رﮔ ن ﮔرﺗ ﺋازار‬
Heritage ‫ن وە‬
Neutral ‫ﻻﯾ نﮕ ی‬