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- "Ανοίγει σε λίγο."
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Yes. Soon also translates to σύντομα. For exp. "I'll see you soon." - "Θα σε δω σύντομα" ^.^
I tried, "He opens in a little." And that was wrong. Could this be a possible alternate translation? or am I misunderstanding the meaning?
Hm. I wonder. Is "in a little" used more often than let's say "in a little while"? "In a little" sounds a bit off to me, I don't hear it that much. It might be just me though. ^.^
I hear it quite a bit in the Northeast US. No worries if it doesn't sound right.
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I said "It opens soon" because I thought it was a shop. 3rd person singular. Or it will open soon. Possible?
They are colloquially interchangeable in American English. We say "In a little bit," "In a little while," "In a little," etc. I reported it as an answer that should be correct.
It would probably have the same meaning, but ανοίγει is Present (Ενεστώτας). Why translate it in Future when it just translates to Present? ^.^
I thought it translated it "It opens in a while," but my answer registered as incorrect.
Please see the sentence and its translation at the top of this page and you'll notice that "It opens in a while." is exactly what it says.
If your sentence wasn't accepted you should have made a Report:
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Go to the bottom of the exercise page where you'll see REPORT Click on that:
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-The audio does not sound correct.
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'It opens in a while' sounds unnatural to me. I had 'It will open shortly' but it was rejected. Shortly = in a LITTLE while
Just as I thought. You didn't check the answer shown and assumed it was the use of 'shortly'. The problem was the use of "will" which we didn't have in our database. I've just added it.
And you should use the "Report" option at the bottom of the exercise page then make your comment here. That way we can see your full sentence and be ofmore help.
OK, thanks. I wasn't aware what the 'Report' option was intended for.
