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In English we would use the plural "the curtains" unless we were talking about the shower curtain.
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I agree, but would point out that saying "the curtain" isn't necessarily incorrect, just slightly awkward.
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"drapes" would be a better term in English.
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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. :/
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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.
That's one of the few exercises we could actually apply changes to at this point, so I've removed the "bedroom" sentence. Now the translation should make more sense.
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Why there is του and then σου? I understand σου stays for your room. But why there is του?
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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'm not a native English speaker, so I made this direct translation.
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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)
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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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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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