"We are girls and boys."

[KeithJones949537]

Can somebody explain why there seems to be more than one word for "we"?

[Ektoraskan]

There is only one word for "we": εμείς. The word (Είμαστε) you see above is the verb that you use when the subject is εμείς. So,

• Eμείς = we
• Eμείς είμαστε = we are
• είμαστε = we are

You can drop the "we" in Greek even though you can't do that in English.

[KeithJones949537]

Got it. Thank you.

[ElGatoCosmico]

I answered: " Είμαστε κορίτσια κι αγόρια", but the system says me there is a typo in "κι". This contraction is not valid in this phrase?

[mizinamo]

It is. I've added that as an alternative.

[AdamJasins]

why can't I say τα κοριτσια"? In a different place it was explained that in Greek they add definite articles more often then in English?

[lidia.dovg]

+1 they count as a mistake. Sounds like after to be you can use nouns without articles. But it shouldn't be a mistake

[lidia.dovg]

They count τα κορίτσια