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- "Ο άντρας τρώει μεσημεριανό."
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How about "The man has lunch"? "To have lunch" is a common expression in English, I think even more than "To eat lunch". At least I was taught: to have breakfast, to have lunch, to have dinner...
This because the verb 'to have' can mean eating and drinking. This sentence means that he didn't have a drink with his lunch, so it would be wrong to say that he 'had' his lunch, when you trying to get the message across that he didn't have a drink with it.
I don't understand the reference to drinks. Can you make it clearer? In English we could very well say "He has his lunch." because as you say "have" is commonly used for "eat". There is no hint of a drink or not.
We accept "has" or "is having" lunch for this sentences but as we are trying to teach the verb " τρώω" we show that as the main answer.
1948
The pull down definition of μεσημεριανό says that it could also mean brunch. How would one know in Greek the difference between the two? Thank you for putting the course together.
As far as I know "brunch" is used in the US as a rather late breakfast sort of early lunch. Hence, the name. There is no specific word in Greek for it so it's either late breakfast or early lunch. Hope that helps. And I'm glad you like the course; you are very welcome.
- 1948
Jaye, Thanks for clarifying the choice of words. BTW, the English brunch is more than shifting the time of either meal. It is actually a combination of the two. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunch has a pretty good description of the history and meaning of the term. I enjoy the Greek course very much indeed AND I appreciate your great follow-ups as well! Enjoy the lingot, Daniel.
Yes, thank you for the link. It's making me hungry although it's evening here.:-) Many thanks for all your kind words and the lingot.
I like the word μεσιμεριανό because its so literal. Like mesimeriano is literally in the middle (μεσι) of the day (μερα)
I see a meso in there, does it mean middle? Can we divide the word lunch into its particles?
It's not necessary and would be redundant like he's eating "lunch meal". :-)
- 1763
The article το cannot be used with the word άντρας. Also μεσηειανό is wrong. The correct word is μεσημεριανό.
Both are correct and either may be used as a translation if yours was not accepted please let us know where you had it: the web or Android and what kind of exercise it was.
The audio here is meant to be "άντρας" simply because that was the first sentence written. This is TTS and can't be expected to be perfect, actually, there is such a small difference that it could be either.
If you spelled it as I see it in your comment you have a spelling mistake.
Look here:
μ ε σ η μ ε ρ ι α ν ό this is the correct spelling.
μ ε σ α μ ε δ ι α ν ώ this is yours. Compare them.
