"He wears a light blue shirt."

Translation: Αυτός φοράει ένα γαλάζιο πουκάμισο.

[ShaoxuanLi]

can I replace γαλάζιο with ανοιχτό μπλε;

[jaye16]

Yes, they are the same. Only for the flag we always use "γαλανό".

[ShaoxuanLi]

I answered ανοιχτό μπλε, can we add that as an alternate correct answer?

[jaye16]

I've just remembered another word that fits even better. "Σιέλ" it comes from "ciel" sky in French and it's widely used more so than "ανοιχτό μπλε".

[ShaoxuanLi]

great. can we add all of them as alternate answers?

[jaye16]

γαλάζιο,σιέλ, and ανοιχτό μπλε have been added. Thanks. :)

[ShaoxuanLi]

Thanks so much for the help recently.

[ShaoxuanLi]

are γαλάζιο και γαλανό interchangeable or γαλανό is only used in describing the color of flags?

[Theo_Matrakas]

They have the same meaning. γαλάζιο is preferable! In general, γαλανό is used for describing flags (e.g. A common name for the Greek flag is γαλανόλευκη = light blue and white) and the sky (e.g. Ο ουρανός είναι γαλανός = The sky is light blue)

[Koloki8a]

"Γαλανό" is also used when describing eyes. (γαλανά μάτια)

[Koloki8a]

"Γαλανό" is also used when describing eyes. (γαλανά μάτια)

[JOrlando3]

When hovering over "light blue" to see what that color is called, it shows the entire sentence translated. This is not good for learning.

[jaye16]

What I see are: (Αυτός) φοράει for "he wears" and "ένα γαλάζιο πουκάμισο" for "a light blue shirt". That is not the entire sentence.

And yes "ένα γαλάζιο πουκάμισο" is three words together" but the computer algorithm requires that in order to have the comment at the head of the list we need to include more information. It's a technical issue.

[GoldenSnitch-96]

Shouldn't 'φοράει' also be accepted?

[troll1995]

It seems to be? Where did you encounter it and was not accepted?

[GoldenSnitch-96]

It was one of the exercises for strengthening words. It asked me to write the sentence in Greek. I wrote 'φοράει' but it marked it as incorrect and corrected it to 'φορά'. :(

[jaye16]

There is a glitch/bug call it what you will in the Strengthing section and this happens. The course team has no control of this and we have reported it for correction. Sorry and thank you for your understanding.

[Ariana813975]

Hi..why you have to use γαλαζιο and not γαλαζιος

[Koloki8a]

Because the word "πουκάμισο" is neutral. "Γαλάζιος" is masculine.

[Ariana813975]

ohhh thank you!

[3C1Vdpfi]

how do i put accents on letters using keyboard?

[Koloki8a]

Assuming you have your keyboard set to Greek, press ; (the one next to L) and then the vowel.

[vale_221096]

How is γαλάζιο declined for gender and number?

[troll1995]

Take a look here

[jaye16]

This is shown in the Tips & hints for colors.

See here for the declension: http://www.neurolingo.gr/online_tools/lexiscope.htm?term=%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82

and here for the Tips & notes for the Color Skill ->https://www.duolingo.com/skill/el/Colors/tips-and-notes

[vale_221096]

thanks to both of you!

[jaye16]

Whoops didn't notice Troll had replied.

[giltoncar]

When have I use ένα and μια?