"How many cats does he have?"
Translation:Πόσες γάτες έχει;
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why is "πόσες γάτες αύτος έχει;" wrong? I think, so one know is it she or he.
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We could be talking about male cats (γάτος, γάτοι, often used in the course), so shouldn't "Πόσοι γάτοι έχει αυτός;" also be accepted?
No, it should not, because the subject is "he" -- what you are asking for ("how many cats?") is the direct object of "have", and so you need to put it into the accusative case.
Πόσους γάτους έχει αυτός; (with masculine accusative plural) is accepted.
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So for example the sentence "How many male cats drink water" would be "Πόσοι γάτοι πίνουν νερό;" if i got it right?
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I used "Πόσους " instead of "Πόσες" and DL graded it as correct.
In the incubator, this does not seem an acceptable answer. Πόσους γάτους is, but πόσους γάτες isn't. :)
Help, please: basic stuff - the little charts that drop down below the question: I don't know what order they are in as they are not labelled but only boxed. Can you please tell me. Is it nominative followed by accusative then genitive - or what?
They are basic vocabulary hints. The first one is usually the one required in that sentence.
