"Πόσο;"

[Lng52-._]

"πόσο;" = How much? "πόσα;" = How many?

[pegacat]

So is there a distinction here between 'how' and 'how much'? The hint suggests that πόσο means both, but does it only mean 'how much' when it's a stand alone word/question?

[furrykef]

πόσο and πόσα are the same word, really. Just that the first is singular and the second is plural. (Compare e.g. Spanish cuánto and cuántos.)

[Mandorim]

Easy to remember that πόσο means how much from the word 'posology' or the very commonly used equivalents in Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

[GoldenSnitch-96]

I've always thought that 'πώς;' simply means 'how?', and 'πόσο;' means 'how much?'. I don't think 'πόσο;' is ever used to simply ask 'how?'.
Somebody, please correct me if I'm wrong. :)

[troll1995]

You are perfectly right... ;) The comment above was written 4 months ago, when the hints were not all corrected and ok.

[BAuzier]

The hint still says only "How"

[troll1995]

I see it as saying "How much", "how many" and "how", no?

[Giorgio182480]

That's what is shown, but the question was "is it correct that πόσο can also mean just 'how' as opposed to 'how much'?".
To which you first replied that it indeed cannot, but then you seem to be content that it still also displays "how".

edit: I see from your answer to another exercise that "how" CAN be a correct translation, in a case where English "drops" the "much": "how small?" -"πόσο μικρός;"

[paulguk]

Τhis sounds a bit like πόοσο; in other words, you can hear the first o twice.

[LauraGagne1]

without context, how do we know it is not "how?" rather than "how much?"

[mizinamo]

Without context, it can pretty much only mean "How much?"

I'm not sure when it could be "how?" -- if, then only with context.

[LauraGagne1]

If I were to say "I'm going to fix this", and you asked "how?", what word would you use in Greek?

[mizinamo]

That would be Πώς;

Just one syllable, and "the other o" -- omega rather than omicron. (And this one always has an accent even though it's just one syllable.)

[LauraGagne1]

In that case, "how" should not be one of the choices, since it doesn't seem to be possible for poso. Thanks for the clarification.

[Giorgio182480]

Found the case - it's when we ask how much of a property something has: "how small is it?" - "πόσο μικρό..."

[TobyBartels]

It can mean ‘how’ in a context like ‘how small’ (‘πόσο μικρό’), but not by itself.

[Atena_Ileana]

Is it possible to use <<Πόσο;>> when you want to ask how much it costs something? I mean, for example, when somebody tells you that something is expensive, can you simply ask <<Πόσο;>>?

[mizinamo]

Better would be «Πόσο κάνει;».

[Jon345104]

Earlier question I wrote Πόσο for how much DL marked it wrong wanted πόσοι

[Ariel701290]

This sounds exactly how we say chicken in Spanish.