"Το χρώμα του κουταλιού."

Translation: The color of the spoon.

[Lng52-._]

I used "κουτάλι" instead of "κουταλιού". Are they different kinds of spoons?

[mizinamo]

κουτάλι is nominative or accusative case, κουταλιού is genitive case, which is needed here for the "of the" relationship.

[JenniferMarot]

This exercise didn't accept 'the spoon's colour'. Can anyone tell me why please.

[troll1995]

It should be accepted. We have added it as a possible translation. Did you encounter it in a strengthen exercise? They are known not to accept all of the possible translations for some reason. :/

[JenniferMarot]

Yes, it was in a strengthen exercise on my mobile app. Thanks!

[Procrastinans]

Am I mishearing, or does the λ take on a /j/ sound here? And if it does, is there a rule for when λ does this?

[mizinamo]

Am I mishearing, or does the λ take on a /j/ sound here?

It's probably a [ʎ] (turned-y) sound, similar to Italian gl in figlio: a sound that's not present in most English accents.

Kind of a mixed [l] and [j], or a palatalised [l].

In various languages, the sound is apt to turn into a [j] sound, e.g. Hungarian ly.

is there a rule for when λ does this?

Before an /i/ sound, or before a letter representing the /i/ sound followed by another vowel -- for example, ήλιος is pronounced ['iʎos], with no /i/ sound in it.

Have a look at https://www.foundalis.com/lan/grphdetl.htm#p_palatalization .

[Ruskyblesk]

Most probably you wrote it in English and it should be written in Greek, Jennifer