"Εγώ είμαι ένας άντρας."
Translation:I am a man.
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Yes! Except that it is written ένας, not έναζ. The sigma becomes ς at the end of a word.
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For the record, nobody would say it like that in real life (even though it's grammatically correct).
To say "I'm a man" in Greek, we'd just say "είμαι άντρας". "Εγώ" isn't needed since it's already included in the verb (είμαι means "I am"). "Ένας" is also unnecessarily since it would be impossible to say "I am two (or three, or four) men" and άντρας is singular anyway.
So what is the difference with εγώ είμαι άντρας? When do you use έωας and when don't you?
If you want to give emphasis to the amount of men. For example "ένας" is also 'one" so you could be saying "I am only one man" Or if you want to give emphasis to the fact that you're a man. Like "I am a man"
But in general it is really no different , just another way of saying "εγώ είμαι άντρας" . Hope that helped a bit.
You can't be 2 or more men so... i think one "ένας" is not logic to use it here
It's not wrong, but definitely sounds better without the article, unless one wants to emphasize the following noun ("άντρας", in this case).
Άνδρας is also correct, actually acceptable in more cases (formal speech) despite duolingo claiming that it's a typo
Είμαι ένα άντρας is wrong, because άντρας is male and ένα is neuter.
Είμαι ένας άντρας is the correct and it has been added as alternative sentence :)
"ένα" was just a typo. I was mainly wondering if "εγώ" could be omitted. Thanks for the correction and clarification.
Yes, εγώ can be omitted. Either you use it or not you are correct ;)
Are there anything like french liaison here? Because i see είμαι ένας... and i hear ειμένας. Or it is just audio error?
In the audio, the lady actually says εγώ είμαι ένας, both epsilons are pronounced, they just sound like a longer epsilon. But, in Greek there is actually something like the french liaison. One could say "Εγώ είμ'ένας άντρας" and in oral speech, that is more likely to be said.
After the verb “to be” in Greek, we have to use the nominative case?
Yes, and after γίνομαι "to become" as well.
(Similar to how it is in German, which I see you have also been learning.)
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Is ενας here the same word as the number one/1? Then - do the greeks conjugate all the words of number(δυο, τρία, τέσσερα, πεντα, εξη, etc)?
Is ενας here the same word as the number one/1?
Yes -- like in many languages that have an indefinite article, it's the same word as the number "one". (English is a bit unusual in having "an" and "one" split up into two words.)
do the greeks conjugate all the words of number(δυο, τρία, τέσσερα, πεντα, εξη, etc)?
No -- just 1, 3, 4.
And 3 and 4 only have two gender forms (neuter and uter -- masculine/feminine forms are the same): 3 = τρεις m/f, τρία n; 4 = τέσσερις m/f, τέσσερα n.
Those three numbers also have a distinct form in the genitive case (ενός m/n, μίας f; τριών; τεσσάρων).
δύο is the same for all three genders (unlike, say, Latin, where you have duo m/n but duae f) and all cases.
And πέντε, έξι and above are always invariable.
At least, until you get to the hundreds and thousands -- those vary by gender again, e.g. διακόσιοι άντρες, διακόσιες γυναίκες, διακόσια παιδία (200 men/women/children) or χίλιοι άντρες, χίλιες γυναίκες, χίλια παιδία (1000 men/women/children).
I usually see man spelled άνδρας and am wondering why Duolingo doesn't recognize it
I believe that in listening exercises, only one spelling can be accepted.
I don't understand, but :shrug: I'll put it down to a Duolingo thing :)
Isn't the indefinite article supposed to be in the accusative case?
No.
είμαι is not a transitive verb that takes a direct object.
Both "sides" (the subject and the predicate) are in the nominative case.
(Hint: one way to understand that it's not a transitive verb is by trying to put it into the passive voice -- which turns a direct object into a subject. But you can't turn "I am a man" into "A man is been by me" -- that makes no sense. That's a clue that "a man" is not a direct object and "be" is not a transitive verb "acting" on an object.)
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Why two differences for I AM A MAN.. Εγώ είμαι ένας άντρας And Είμαι άντρας !? Ευχαριστώ