"Αυτή λέει ότι μαγειρεύει κοτόπουλο."
Translation:She says that she cooks chicken.
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"Αυτή λέει ότι μαγειρεύει κοτόπουλο" My answer was "She says that she is cooking a chicken". This was marked wrong. Is it? Please tell me how.
It doesn't say "ένα κοτόπουλο" which would be "a chicken" it simply says "μαγειρεύει κοτόπουλο" so it is: "She cooks (or is cooking) chicken."
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Why was "is cooking" marked in correct? "Cooks sounds childish is english
It's correct and already one of the possible answers. I see you didn't submit a report, so please do that next time, otherwise we won't be able to help.
Why ότι and not που ? I get very confused in when to use all this word for "that"... Thanks for the help!
I think that examples will be most helpful.
"The child that greeted me was my brother." "Το παιδί που με χαιρέτησαν ήταν."
"the child"...which child?..." the one that greeted me." In this case "that"=που explains what you just mentioned.
ότι introduces a new idea.
"I said that I had a new book." "Είπα ότι είχα ένα νέο βιβλίο."
So, in general terms
"που" describes what was mentioned before "ότι" tells us something new
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