"Επιστρέφετε τα ρούχα πίσω;"

Translation: Are you returning the clothes?

[smarnv]

Is this also correct: «Επιστρέφετε τα ρούχα;»

[D_..]

Yes, it is. Πίσω is pleonastic really in this phrase.

[farran]

Thank you for teaching me this word, pleonastic! I have been looking for it for a while :)

[NezihD]

is "are you returning the clothes back" not correct?

[pkaragoulis]

"Return...back" is awkward English. It would sound better to say "Are you returning the clothes?" or "Are you giving the clothes back?"

[Dimitra956826]

I think it's awkward mostly because return already includes back as it is, right? Using it along with return would be redundant. (Pure curiosity question.:P)

[tu.8zPhLySD9eGoy]

"Taking the clothes back" should work (which is not accepted right now: 26thMay2019)

[repsol1967]

i put ...you will return the clothes behind?....i knew it sounded wrong but the πισω confused me

[mizinamo]

"Are you returning the clothes back?" would be a bit closer, though still sounds redundant in English.

[tu.8zPhLySD9eGoy]

Just to clarify my report: The hover-ons have "his clothes."

[joe_t4]

Question: If re-turn means επι-στρέφω (στροφή = turn)....re- and επι alter the meaning of the verb to roughly indicate turning back again (like catastrophe καταστροφή means turning down). Does it not follow that back and πίσω are redundant in both languages?

[Ivan_PERU]

"you return the clothes" is wrong?

[Manuel_Lujan]

Yes because it's a question, not an affirmation.

[I.Schmidt1]

έκανα λάθος και duo told me as coorect: Do you take the clothes back?
But this has a quite different meaning. am I right?

[mizinamo]

No -- "to take back" has two meanings -- you can take the clothes back to a shop, and the person at the shop can then take them back (into the shop's inventory).

[I.Schmidt1]

thank you, but it does not quite answer my question. Does that also apply to the Greek translation "έπιστρέφω"?

[mizinamo]

No, only the first one (returning the clothes to the shop / taking the clothes back to the shop).

But that's enough to make "take back" a possible translation of επιστρέφω πίσω.

[I.Schmidt1]

ευχαριστώ, τώρα κατάλαβα. Σκέφτηκα: they take back the clothes (they = οι πωλητές)

[I.Schmidt1]

it would translate: Παίρνετε τα ρούχα πίσω;?

[Jon345104]

I wrote back because of "πίσω" it got marked wrong

[Uncle_Mixi]

πίσω is here greatly redundant. Πέρναιτε τα ρούχα πίσω; would do, I dare to contribute.

[D_..]

"Παίρνετε" (the verb is παίρνω). ;)

[jss.___]

Πισώ=I'm back?

[mizinamo]

No.

[TPoL2]

Why "Do you return the clothes back?" is wrong???

[aSf6ryhz]

Why is it that Duolingo marks the answer wrong half of the time when the redundant word "back" is not included in English translation? What does πίσω add to this sentence?

[Melissa922759]

So could you say πίσω in this sentance is emphatic?

[vale_221096]

I typed "do you give the clothes back?" and it was not accepted. Should it have been?

[Jezza11]

Would επιστρέφεται be acceptable here? It sounds the same and He/she could be returning clothes. No?

[mizinamo]

Would επιστρέφεται be acceptable here?

No. That would make no sense grammatically -- "he is being returned, the clothes, back". Three words that don't belong together.