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- "Θέλω το κορίτσι."
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So does θέλει mean "he wants", θέλεις mean "you want", θέλουν mean "they want" etc? Because this is seeming a lot like Spanish with its endings.
i want = εγώ θέλω , you want = εσύ θέλεις, he wants = αυτός θέλει, she wants= αυτή θέλει, it wants = αυτό θέλει, we want = εμείς θέλουμε, you want = εσείς θέλετε, they want = αυτοί θέλουν
Use εσύ to speak to one person whom you know well.
Use εσείς to speak to several people, or to one person whom you do not know well (roughly: whom you would address by last name rather than first name).
Ay first, I found it a little peculiar, However, this would be appropriately used in say a petshop, where one would look at the option of adopting either a male or a female animal, and the one who wants to adopt the female would say "Θέλο το κοριτσι". Or at least that is how I interpret it.
It may sound funny but at least it makes some sense. Contrary to some other phrases I have seen and sadly cannot unsee...
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I remember one Greek song, I think it was Antique, and the singer repeated "σε θέλω σε θέλο nanana. I didn't know a word in Greek, but somewhy those words stayed in my memory.
To say "I want the girl" is a horrid thing to say - its like a man wanting a girl for sex! A mom, though, might say "I want a girl" if she's having a baby. This translation is strange.
Πόσο κάνει; is the right one... or Πόσο κοστίζει; if you want to buy something.
There are plenty of phrases for the slang version of this question, like: πόσα μπικικίνια; , πόσα μαρούλια; , πόσα τάλαρα; etc. :-)
pulls phone out of pocket "umm yes 911 some creepy Greek man from Duolingo wants to kidnap a child."
I want the girl, but in which sense? Like 'I want the girl (in my team)' or 'I desire the girl (with passion) or both?
