"Our child is not a family type."

Translation: Το παιδί μας δεν είναι οικογενειακός τύπος.

[AusLearner]

What does this actually mean?

[Marva441926]

I just typed "Το παιδί μας δεν είναι ο οικογενιακός τύπος." This was marked wrong; the correct solution shown was "Το παιδί μας δεν είναι οικογενειακός τύπος." I understand that the article can be omitted here, but is including it really ungrammatical?

[G.Georgopoulos]

Added, thank you! It's a bit less common ;)

[Marva441926]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[Jealou5y]

If we just said Το παιδί μας δεν είναι οικογένειακο, without implying a sex, is this wrong? Or does οικογένειακο mean something else or used differently?

[troll1995]

Οικογενειακός τύπος does not imply sex. Τύπος is a noun, not an adjective, and is masculine. It's the same as saying Το παιδί μας είναι άνθρωπος. Άνθρωπος is masculine as a noun, but there is no gender implication made. ;) Το παιδί μας δεν είναι οικογενειακό would mean "our child is not familial"

[abibrow]

I notice that οικογενειακός τύπος and του τυριού (as in "Το αλάτι του τυριού") have matching endings. I missed this question because I put "οικογένεια τύπος." Will someone help me understand my mistake? Ευχαριστώ.

[Superuncia]

Εικογενεια is a noun and εικογενειακος is an adjective. Most Indo-European languages don't let you to simply string a pair nouns just like that, and especially not in this order (English is an exception!).

[Stergi3]

Please, Greek team, can you solve this problem? How can we call οικογενειακός τύπος in English? I mean good English of course.

[Cuno-de-kast]

it says : family type but a more logical translation would be : family person

[WhyIsShandySoFAT]

how would you say this if referring to a female child?

[troll1995]

It's exactly the same. Τύπος in the meaning of type is masculine. Just like saying ό γιος μου είναι άνθρωπος or η κόρη μου είναι άνθρωπος doesn't change the gender of the noun άνθρωπος=human.