"Η θεία μου αγαπά την όπερα."

Translation: My aunt loves the opera.

[trezost]

While in in English the article "the" is optional (i.e. I love music, or I love the music) in Greek it would be awkward without the article "την".

[Alexia805728]

it would be wrong

[deactivated user]

Could you use this to refer to a specific opera like one could in English (ie. "Are you familiar with Carmen? Yes, my aunt loves the opera?") or does it just mean that she likes opera in general?

[Dimitra956826]

I guess it could, depending on the context of the conversation. In this case, where there is no actual conversation and the sentence is all by itself, I would assume the the speaker is talking about opera in general. ^.^

[robert672165]

yes but here we're using the definite article, so the hint "a" is not only wrong because it should be "an" but also because it has to be "the".

[ChrissieRe2]

In English we are more likely to say 'I love opera' for opera in general. 'I love the opera' would refer to a specific work.

[Dimitra956826]

Yes, I think so too. But I'm afraid that the main sentence can't change now :/ It is, however, and accepted translation. ^.^