"This is a potato."
Translation:Αυτή είναι μία πατάτα.
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How about an optional Αυτό είναι μια πατάτα.? (I.e. in the sense of Αυτό [το πράγμα εδώ] είναι μια πατάτα.) Currently it is not accepted.
Jacob I'm sorry I don't understand what you are trying to say.
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Trying to think of how to explain my question...
I had in mind a kid from America who is on a visit to his granny in Greece, and is just learning some Greek. So she shows him a potato and says αυτό είναι μια πατάτα - in the sense of αυτό που σου δείχνο είναι μια πατάτα (one wouldn't say αυτή που σου δείχνο είναι μια πατάτα). [I tried to come up with another context where the sentence this is a potato might be used, but I think most people know what a potato is.]
Maybe the German sentence das ist eine Kartoffel might help to get an idea what I'm asking about (obviously we would never say die ist eine Kartoffel - it would sound like we are talking about some woman), but I don't know if it is the same grammatical construct, or if the same rules apply to Greek as to German.
When translating "This is a potato." into Greek, Αυτό είναι μια πατάτα should also be accepted.
With neuter singular αυτό referring not directly to πατάτα but (effectively) to "this unidentified thing here which I am now going to identify for you".
A bit like how in English we can say "Who's that at the door? - Oh, it's my sister." with neuter "it" referring not to the female "sister" but to "that" (unidentified thing at the door).
