"Το κατοικίδιο μου είναι ένας πελεκάνος."
Translation:My pet is a pelican.
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This is true for some Greeks - in Mykonos there is a famous friendly one walking about the docks!
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
Thank you, kirakrakra! --- I presume the pelicans were thinking: Oh what a nice person. We should be very friendly now… :-)
Shouldn't κατοικίδιό have two accents here? As in previous answer to English into Greek translation.
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).
The animal is ο πελεκάνος so the masculine definite article ένας is used
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. :)
Shouldn't it be "Το κατοικίδιό μου είναι ένας πελεκάνος." since the accent in "κατοικίδιο" lies on the antepenultimate syllable? Or is "-διο" considered one syllable which would mean the accent lies on the penultimate syllable, and no accent shift would be necessary?
Kan the ένας be omitted? I have learnt that in Greek often the indefinite article is omitted (eg Το λιοντάρι είναι ζώο). But maybe it is needed here for reasons I don't see.ß
I translated this sentence to "The pet my is a pelican", and with mental grammar I switched it to "The my pet is a pelican." I am guessing that "το" is implied? "μου" means "my" or "mine" correct?
μου can mean "my" but not "mine".
Greek has to say the equivalent of "the my pet", but in English, we just say "my pet" without "the".
Do greeks use this much accents marks? I mean when they are texting for example.
I would imagine it depends on how lazy they are. If they're just talking to close friends they might not but in more official conversations or for assignments they would have to. That's just my guess.
The accents are more "difficult" to place when texting on phone. But in that case autocorrect places them automatically. When on the computer it is just how we learned to write, putting the accent is just one more key. So generally, even texts from friends have their accents placed correctly.
what's wrong with: το κατoιkιδιο μου ειναι ενας πελεκανος
You've left out all the accents and you're mixing Greek letters with Roman letters in κατoιkιδιο.
I see the "oi" tripped you up again. Are you having problems with your Greek keyboard? See here for how to find all theletters, add accents etc
This is very full so you should bookmark it to come back to when you need it.
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/22040507
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Are you asking about the translation for this sentence? That is always found at the top of this page. And at the bottom of the exercise page after you have done your translation.