"Ο κεφτές έχει αλάτι."

[bonbayel]

the meatball has salt seems very weird English. Doesn't it mean "is salty", which I wrote?

[D_..]

It means that the meatball has salt in it, or simply that there is salt in the meatball. Apart from the "there is... " structure, this is the most popular way to say something like that in Greek, which, I agree, does not sound natural in English. When something is salty, είναι αλμυρό.

[bonbayel]

Thank you! Is the -μυρό part sort of like '-y' in English?

[D_..]

Hmmm... I hadn't thought of that! From what I can deduce, it's the -ρος ending that does the trick in Greek, e.g. ζουμερός - juicy from ζουμί (old/formal is ζωμός), φανταχτερός, μοχθηρός from μόχθος, φθονερός φθόνος, αστραφτερός. The vowel before -ρος depends on the root. And of course not all words with that ending have that -y meaning (and maybe some of my examples above are wrong): comparative adjectives end in -ρος as well. e.g. νέος/νεότερος - new/newer.

[jaye16]

"salty" to me means "too much salt".

[dr3ddtruth]

when has anyone referred to a single meatball, hope it was a big one

[LenaKoutis]

hahah I agree.

[GeorgeAgam]

I went for "the meatballs have salt" but was knocked back

[bonbayel]

Because it's singular. Ο

[Susan520353]

Croquette was the answer given instead of meatball

[jaye16]

What did you write? If you have the wrong article the computer will sometimes give another noun it's a known glitch.