"Η οδοντόκρεμα είναι πάνω στην οδοντόβουρτσα."

[ShaoxuanLi]

does πάνω σε mean "above" also? or only "on"?

[troll1995]

Above is "από πάνω". What is that thing above you?=Τι είναι αυτό το πράμα από πάνω σου;

[ShaoxuanLi]

I have another question regarding this phrase, in this example sentence you gave, why did you wrote από πάνω (in reversed order), rather than πάνω από;

[troll1995]

Because when I thought of it, I thought an example that uses a weak form of a personal pronoun, and weak forms of personal pronouns are not adjacent to prepositions. Πάνω από το τραπέζι but από πάνω του. There is also από πάνω από: Το φωτιστικό είναι από πάνω από το τραπέζι.

[ShaoxuanLi]

thanks for the clarification. so another question came up after reading your response, is από πάνω από different from πάνω από; or they have the same meaning but used in different grammatical context? Thanks so much for your help.

[troll1995]

They are the same and you can use one or the other as you prefer

[ShaoxuanLi]

so if i want to say "toothpaste is above toothbrush", do i say "η οδοντόκρεμα είναι πάνω από την οδοντόβουρτσα." or από πάνω? which one is correct?

[troll1995]

Πάνω απο την οδοντόβουρτσα.

[l_LOVE_CHlCKENS]

"η οδοντόπαστα είναι πάνω στην οδοντόβουρτσά"

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[Dimitra956826]

The alternative with οδοντόπαστα is included in the translations. Perhaps there was another typo in your answer? Technically, we can't see your answer, so we can't be 100% sure that there was no typo, or keyboard mixup.

(Also, that second accent on οδοντόβουρτσα is not needed. :P)