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"Η κουρτίνα του δωματίου σου είναι μπλε."
Translation:The curtain of your room is blue.
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In English we would use the plural "the curtains" unless we were talking about the shower curtain.
I agree, but would point out that saying "the curtain" isn't necessarily incorrect, just slightly awkward.
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That's because most windows have a pair of (ie 2) curtains. I have a curtain across the front door of our house, to keep out draughts, and I'd never refer to it as "curtains", because there's only one of it.
In this sentence the word "κουρτίνα" is singular and it is singular in English as well.
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Since so many sentences in duolingo require a more direct translation even if it sounds weird in English (eg, 'the salad has salt'), I wrote 'the curtain of your room'. Turns out in this one the rule is different. For consistency, both direct and 'improved' translations should be accepted.
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This is what I technically thought of at first, but "Η κουρτίνα του δωμάτιου σου είναι μπλε" literally means "The curtain of your room is blue". It's the same as saying "your curtain is blue".
"You curtain is blue" could refer to pretty much any room in the house. I don't think that the room could ever be implied and omitted in such a sentence, unless there is a discussion, in which case, there isn't. :/
Why there is του and then σου? I understand σου stays for your room. But why there is του?
I think η κουρτίνα του δωματίου means "the curtains of the room", then you can add σου (or μου) to refer to the curtains of your (or my) room.
Well, normally, this sentence would directly translate to "The curtain of your room is blue." This is what του stands for. I guess it would be a bit of an awkward sentence in English, so the translation was not word-to-word.
Του δωματίου is genitive, and it expresses possession.
My guess would be that this is genitive case, so literally it's "the room's curtain" or "the curtain of the room" (which is yours)
I thought the idea was not to go for a direct translation but give the equivalent phrase in the other language. In english you would say 'The curtains in your room are blue'. There's no explicit mention of bedroom here.
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I wrote the same The curtain of your room is blue Η κουρτίνα του δωματίου σου είναι μπλε DL marked it wrong
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We've had this suggestion multiple times. However, it doesn't say that the curtain is in the room. It just says that the curtain is blue. Perhaps we have bought curtains for several rooms and I'm telling you that the one for your room is blue.
I put 'Your room's curtains are blue' and got it wrong. Kinda awkward I guess but still maybe should be accepted?
There was a car once, called Ford Cortina. Is "κουρτινα" here and the name of the area in Italy called Cortina of the same origin?
