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"The man has the plates."
Translation:Ο άντρας έχει τα πιάτα.
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Yes, there are only a few such words in Greek. Another is τομάτο και ντομάτο.
δένδρο ή δέντρο, but it should be ντομάτα/ντομάτες. I never heard it without the "ν" in the front!
Both is correct.. with or without ''ν''. You can find it here: https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1
actually, since tomato isn't a greek word, it should be τομάτα and τομάτες, but the vast majority of the greeks (including myself) prefer ντομάτα/-ες as it kinda sounds better and we're more used to it
"άνθρωπος" basically translates to "human", "human being" "person" , "individual" and "man" but "man" used in the sense of "man" as in "humankind"
Why not ο άνθρωπος?
That means "the human".
"the man", in today's English, typically means "the adult male human", which is more specific.
If, say, Queen Elizabeth has the plates, you would probably not refer to her as "the man", even though she is human.
Is the article necessary before πιάτα? This was not accepted. -> "Ο άντρας έχει πιάτα."
Is the article necessary before πιάτα?
Yes, since the English sentence says that the man has "the plates" (i.e. specific plates) and not that he has "plates" (in general).
