"Το κατοικίδιο μου είναι ένας πελεκάνος."

[nacreousnereid]

This is true for some Greeks - in Mykonos there is a famous friendly one walking about the docks!

[kirakrakra]

Πέτρος (1958-1985) was the first one. After that the zoo of Hamburg gave a Petros to them. When I visited Mykonos three where resting under a tree near the harbour. When they saw me they all rose and started to pose so I had to take photos of them

[amyxz]

Thank you, kirakrakra! --- I presume the pelicans were thinking: Oh what a nice person. We should be very friendly now… :-)

[neumanth]

Shouldn't κατοικίδιό have two accents here? As in previous answer to English into Greek translation.

[kirakrakra]

-διο is one syllable, not two: κα-τοι-κί-διο μου

you can test the number of syllables with https://melobytes.gr/app/syllavismos

[G.Georgopoulos]

neumanth is right. Oddly enough, κα-τοι-κί-διο is incorrect, it should be κα-τοι-κί-δι-ο. Theoretically, it "should" be pronounced katikídyo, but the actual pronunciation is katikídio, something that could be deemed an exception, and so the syllabification follows suit ;)

[mhavenoname]

Why is the indefinite article of pelican used with an ς at the end? I did not come across this word or form of word before (even though I am taking a repeat/strengthen your skills session just now).

[nacreousnereid]

The animal is ο πελεκάνος so the masculine definite article ένας is used

[mhavenoname]

Thanks. I didn't realise that I actually didn't come across the definite article for masculine words before. As I am generally studying with the app, these opportunities show that I should log in to the homepage version more often. :)