"Τι προσπαθείς να της δώσεις;"
Translation:What are you trying to give to her?
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For the listening, should I be able to hear the difference between 'της' (her, correct) and 'τις' (them if a group of women, incorrect)?
I don't understand: in https://moderngreekverbs.com/dino.html I found να δώσεις under Subjunctive Aorist while here we shoukld speak about Infinitive ... Could someone explain me, παρακαλό;
That's right. In Greek, it is called Simple Past Subjunctive/Aorist and in English, it's the Infinitive and they both express the same idea. See here:
A Guide for the Greek Subjunctive (Active Verbs)
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Really brilliant explanation, thanks a lot :-) Why don't you put it as "tips" in the lesson about infinitive? I'm sure it would be very helpful for learners
That's a very good idea. When we see how simple the English is the idea of "subjunctive" becomes less intimidating.
Many thanks.
"what do you try to give to her" is not the perfect english sentence, but similarly to what is accepted for other cases.
Yes, and it's fine. It may sound odd without context but it is correct.
Yes, and I see it is one of the accepted translations. Did you use it and have it rejected? Let us know so we can monitor our edits. Thanks.
Yes, it has been rejected and DL rather proposed "What are you trying to give her?" without "to".
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Just my small observation: 'What are you trying to give her' is at least as commonly heard, and I suppose less formal, than 'What are you trying to give to her', at least in the parts of the USA where I've lived.
Yes, as seen above: "What are you trying to give her." is correct and an alternative would be: "...give to her."
"what are you trying to give to her" is still marked as an incorrect En translation of the El. General strengthening on web.
Thanks for the notification. I've tried a little method we learned to resync these stubborn sentences in the hope of resetting them. The only problem is we don't know if it has worked until someone comes across them again. If truth be told I think there have been fewer mentions of the Strengthen skills not accepting correct translations and like to believe some good has been done. Let's hope it works here.
Thanks Jaye! Let's hope so and I'll let you know if I run into it again.
But it would be continuous giving right? Just checking if i understand what's happening here
That's right. The να (or a θα, or an ας) places the event in the future, but the fact that you're using δίνω, the present tense form, that implies an ongoing, repeated or persistent situation of giving, not a one-time, 'closed' event. That'd be denoted by δώσω.
For continuous/imperfect past tense, it'd be έδινα.
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