"Εσύ τρως αυτό το σάντουιτς."

Translation: You are eating this sandwich.

[orangehair]

So to translate "this" you need both αυτό and το?

[troll1995]

Yes. This is αυτός ο for masculine nouns, αυτή η for feminine nouns and αυτό το for neutrum nouns.

[Marialena461470]

Tru

[daMajesticFish]

Duolingo pronounces "τρως" something like "tribos." Why does it have a b sound?

[troll1995]

You really hear a "b" sound in it: https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Greek/%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CF%82/bbad7442ede86d7268f993eb22c8b212 ?? I just hear "tros" with a rolling, Greek r.

[daMajesticFish]

I didn't hear the same thing in other questions with "τρως" but in this one I did.

[ZachLang2006]

Idk probably you hearing it combine with the other word.

[MatthewRod918020]

How can one tell when τρως means "you eat" and when it means "you are eating"?

[TomakoC]

Greek doesn't distinguish between present and present continuous. You can maybe work out from context more specifics regarding the action but it's not a distinction that matters.

[KamilaTx]

Okay... Does τρως mean 'you eat' and 'you stop to eat'?

[_Dimitris_]

τρως = you eat/are eating

σταματάς να τρως = you stop eating

[RoloKarolo]

what is the difference betwen τρως and τρώτε ?

[Rewm]

The same as between τρώω and τρώμε. The first is singular, the second plural.

[J_Lacbin]

Compared to other forms of τρώω, why does τρως lose the tonos?

[Mimi658232]

Maybe because there is just one syllable...

[n00e1987]

am i the only one who hear it as "trosh" and not "tros"

[jaye16]

It's "tros" just remember that's the correct pronunciation.

[servetopolaris]

I wonder if this can be used for an immediate future occurence as it can in English. For example, could this also be translated as, "You're going to easy this sandwich"? Just curious.

[G.Georgopoulos]

Late answer, but no, this wording isn't used as often in Greek as it is in English.

[Eric205834]

Why is το "this" in this sentence instead of "the"

[jaye16]

It says "this" because the Greek sentences says "Εσύ τρως αυτό το σάντουιτς." and "αυτό" means "this". If it had said simply "Εσύ τρως το σάντουιτς." then it would be "the sandwich."

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