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"Have you ever followed him?"
Translation:Τον έχεις ακολουθήσει ποτέ;
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So you don't put the pronoun between the auxiliary and the main verb, "τον έχεις ακολουθήσει ". Do you never split the auxiliary from the main verb?
Only if you put an adverb. Τον έχεις ποτέ ακολουθήσει; But its not the most common syntax.
Many thanks Troll. It's so normal in English that I'll have to make a deliberate effort to avoid it in Greek. Following your advice never never seems the safest option and makes it easier. :-)
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No harm at all. You can do it as troll said. It is good Greek both. And more: Ποτέ δεν τον έχεις ακολουθήσει; in a negative interrogative form, that means in free translation "are you sure you have never followed him?". But it is wrong Τον ποτέ έχεις ακολουθήσει;
The word order of Greek is flexible in general, but this one doesn't work. If one changes the accent mark on "ποτε", it would make sense: "Πότε τον έχεις ακολουθήσει;" and would mean "When have you followed him?"
