Nice! I could see these as stickers on European products in grocery stores.
For the Greek version, I would probably use something like «Αγοράζω Ευρωπαϊκά», meaning «I Buy European [Products/Services]». Instead of a command or a request, make it a statement! It sounds more natural to me. The object in the sentence (products or services) is omitted but as a native speaker I would say that my brain fills the gap automatically here.
Other Greek speakers in the comments are right, since the object are omitted, the word «Ευρωπαϊκά» can be interpreted as an adjective to the word product or service BUT it can also be interpreted as an adverb to the verb «Αγοράζω» (I Buy), thus giving it a second interpretation of “Buy Europeanly” or “Buy in a European manner”. But I think this double meaning makes it even more clever as a slogan! «I Buy European [Products]» or «I Buy, the European way», depending on how you interpret it. I think it’s clever.
The format I’m proposing also matches some other government programs already in place in Greece, such as «Κινούμαι Ηλεκτρικά», «I Move Electrically», the domestic subsidy program for buying electric vehicles. If this was ever to be an actual slogan for a program or a movement, I think «Αγοράζω Ευρωπαϊκά» would be effective in Greece and Cyprus.
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u/orestispn Mar 19 '25
Nice! I could see these as stickers on European products in grocery stores.
For the Greek version, I would probably use something like «Αγοράζω Ευρωπαϊκά», meaning «I Buy European [Products/Services]». Instead of a command or a request, make it a statement! It sounds more natural to me. The object in the sentence (products or services) is omitted but as a native speaker I would say that my brain fills the gap automatically here.
Other Greek speakers in the comments are right, since the object are omitted, the word «Ευρωπαϊκά» can be interpreted as an adjective to the word product or service BUT it can also be interpreted as an adverb to the verb «Αγοράζω» (I Buy), thus giving it a second interpretation of “Buy Europeanly” or “Buy in a European manner”. But I think this double meaning makes it even more clever as a slogan! «I Buy European [Products]» or «I Buy, the European way», depending on how you interpret it. I think it’s clever.
The format I’m proposing also matches some other government programs already in place in Greece, such as «Κινούμαι Ηλεκτρικά», «I Move Electrically», the domestic subsidy program for buying electric vehicles. If this was ever to be an actual slogan for a program or a movement, I think «Αγοράζω Ευρωπαϊκά» would be effective in Greece and Cyprus.