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"Η σαλάτα αυτή έχει μόνο τομάτα και αγγούρι."
Translation:This salad has only tomato and cucumber.
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What's the reason behind using "αυτή"? Is it acceptable to say, "Η σαλάτα έχει [...]"?
Η σαλάτα έχει = The salad has.., Η σαλάτα αυτή έχει=αυτή η σαλάτα έχει= This salad has...
That makes sense. I guess I'm more so looking at the positioning of "αυτή " in this sentence as it follows the noun rather than precedes it (as in your example).
Both positionings are correct: I like this kitten= Μου αρέσει αυτό το γατάκι=μου αρέσει το γατάκι αυτό
I tried "this salad has only tomatoes and cucumbers" and "this salad has only a tomato and a cucumber". Depending on whether this phrase means the salad has only one of each or not, one of these answers should be accepted.
The original sentence is treating "tomato" and "cucumber" as uncountable nouns (like water, milk, bread, etc.), so the mods are expecting the English equivalents to be uncountable as well. Otherwise, if the original said "...τομάτες και αγγούρια", you could say "...tomatoes and cucumbers". Or likewise, if it said "...μία τομάτα και ένα αγγούρι", you could say "...a tomato and a cucumber". Hope that clears it up.
Yeah, almost the same here, "This salad has just tomato and cucumber" was marked wrong... perhaps you could add that.
Can this sentence also mean "her salad"
No. That would be η σαλάτα της.
Αυτή η σαλάτα can be used as well?
Yes. (Though obviously not in a listening exercise, where you have to use the same word order as the speaker.)
