"Το μικρό κασκόλ μου."

Translation: My small scarf.

[Dejo]

Instead of κασκόλ I hear κασκολη

[_Dimitris_]

Her articulation is bad.

[AdrianHume]

My notice was the same...

[pahash]

What's the etymology of κασκόλ?

[HastaLaVista83]

It derives from French "cache-col" being a compound consisting of "cacher" (to hide, to cache) and "col" = neck.

So literally it translates as something like "neck hider".

[MarcodaVin3]

It is the same in Portuguese.

[ZenaFilipp]

:D

[Daniel147471]

Could it also mean "The small scarf of mine" as a direct translation?

[Dimitra956826]

Probably, but that sentence structure is a bit more uncommon in English, no?^.^

[AntonSherstiuk]

Shouldn't it be "το μικρό μου κασκόλ" with μου coming before the noun?

[rodmtz23]

Is it possible to say "Το μικρό μου κασκόλ"?

[MichaelKle901756]

I don't understand why the answer can't be σκούφος.

[nouendag]

because o σκούφος is male? And the sentence starts with "το μικρό" indicating the required answer needs to be of neuter gender? Not an expert, but that is my best guess.

[Dimitra956826]

Not exactly. We are talking two different pieces of clothing. Σκούφος is (as Troll1995 said) a winter cap, for the head, while κασκόλ is a scarf. :P (But yes, someone could exclude the word σκούφος for the gender alone.)

[farran]

I was given this question as a drop-down box, with the sentence "το μικρό ------ μου" as the only clue. Am I right in thinking that gender is the only way to determine the correct word, in this type of question? Are there other clues to look for?

[troll1995]

In this particular question, you can only determine the correct answer by gender. Ο σκούφος is masculine, η φράουλα is feminine so only κασκόλ can be correct.

[troll1995]

Because σκούφος is a winter cap, κασκόλ is a scarf. ;)