"Τα βιβλία είναι στη βιβλιοθήκη."
Translation:The books are in the library.
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German Bibliothek, French bibliothèque, Italian/Spanish/Portuguese biblioteca, Polish biblioteka, Russian библиотека, ...
Libraries are a Greek thing in many languages. ;)
They mean a slightly different thing but they are used almost interchangeably nowadays, at least according to what I've read.
According to the official grammar, it's not, but virtually nobody pays attention, so, either is ok.
I thought I read that the 'ν' is dropped in informal speech, but kept in formal writing. And, according to newer grammar rules it should be kept.
It is dropped in both formal and informal speech, unless one is speaking reeeeally slowly. The newer grammar rules concern the masculine definite article only.
Why was the translation 'the books are in the bookcase' marked as wrong? Βιβλιοθήκη translates as book/bookshelf/bookcase/library... how is my answer wrong?