"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.
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.
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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.
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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?
Like the disastrous sale the Chevy Nova in Mexico. In Spanish no va means doesn't go.
Twice I don't understand: τα_τα and του__σου, where 1 τα is not translated in english nor is the του in this sentence.
"Η κουρτίνα του δωματίου σου είναι μπλε" I don't know which sentence you are referring to with τα since there is no τα in this sentence.
However, as for the του in "του δωματιου σου" that is translated. It means "The curtain of your room...".
In a comment above you will see:
"Του δωματίου is genitive, and it expresses possession."
and>"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."
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