"Whenever they see him, he is talking."

Translation: Όποτε αυτοί τον βλέπουν, αυτός μιλάει.

[volkan.ers1]

Is this really wrong?: Όποτε του βλέπουν αυτός μηλάει.

[troll1995]

Όποτε τον βλέπουν, αυτός μιλάει is the correct one. Τον is used for direct object "they see him-τον βλέπουν" whereas του for indirect object "they give him an apple-του δίνουν ένα μήλο

[Jezza11]

So did we learn τον in the Accusatives lesson? (I'm learning via DL's cellphone app and I can't jump back to other lessons without wiping out this lesson.)

[jaye16]

Our regulations not only prohibit us from using more than one new word in a sentence the algorithm will not accept a sentence with more than one new word. Therefore, yes all the words in that sentence have been taught.

I recognize that cellphones have limitations. You can see all the Drop Down hints...so would have seen the translation for this sentence.

And you can access the Tips& notes via this link.

... https://duome.eu/tips/en/el

[LenaKoutis]

Shouldn't it be όποτε αυτοί τον βλέπουν, αυτός μιλάει. ?

[ScottHuch]

That answer was accepted as correct on 19 February 2020.

[jaye16]

Thanks for the input it helps us keep track of how we're doing.

[blanketedinstars]

Shouldn't αυτές work as well?

[G.Georgopoulos]

Sure! Added, thank you!

[LenaKoutis]

Is it more correct to use όποτε than όταν ?

[troll1995]

Όποτε is whenever, όταν is when. So for the above sentence, the most appropriate translation is όποτε.

[usernametoma]

Why cant I "hide" the αυτοι?

[DFwO13]

Why can't it be 'δούνε' instead of 'βλέπουν'? : Όποτε αυτοι τον δούνε, αυτός μιλάει.

[troll1995]

Δούνε describes an one-time action. The statement here is general.
Describing an one-time occurence would be:
Όποτε αυτοί τον δούνε, αυτός θα μιλάει = When they see him, he'll be talking (just the next time they happen to see him)

[NickLion1]

Τhe correct translation here is: '' Όποτε (αυτοί) τον βλέπουν , αυτός μιλάει.

[Freleap]

how can you hear the difference between αυτοί and αυτή?

[troll1995]

You cannot, if the word is on its own. But here it says "αυτοί τον βλέπουν" so it can't be αυτή because it would be "αυτή τον βλέπει"

[Michael834127]

I wrote Όποτε τον βλέπουνε, αυτός μιλάει and was told βλέπουνε was a typo, and it should be βλέπουν. Is βλέπουνε not an alternative form of the 3rd person plural?

[KeithMcKay3]

Έγραψα: «Όποτε τον βλέπουν, μιλάει αυτός». Είναι σωστή;

[D_..]

No, this structure puts a completely out of place emphasis on αυτός as far as I can tell.

[KeithMcKay3]

Is it yoda-ish? I.e. whenever they see him, speaks he?