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- "Το αγόρι κάνει ντους."
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Κάνει is used for some many things I can't even count them all. It's also used as fit or make. xD
"Αυτό δεν μου κάνει" - "This doesn't fit me."
"Με κάνεις να νιώθω άβολα." - "You're making me feel uncomfortable."
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Don't rely on literal translation with such verbs/phrases. In English you have breakfast, take a shower, make a mistake, do your homework, etc but in other languages the verb that goes along can be completely different, or there is one verb instead of the whole phrase.
κάνει is literally "to do". But it's also used as a "light verb" to create pseudo-verbs out of nouns.
Τι κάνετε, κύριε; "how are you, sir?" Πόσο κάνει το βιβλίο; "How much is the book?" κάνει 50 ευρώ. "It costs 50 euros." Spanish and Gk use hacer una pregunta // κάνω μια ερώτηση for asking a question.
Thanks for that report. I agree that that doesn't sound correct in English. I've removed some of the accepted or even expected alternatives now that are similarly odd.
Would "The boy takes a shower" also be correct? I had this as my answer and was marked wrong.
Το αγόρι κάνει ντούς. The boy takes the shower; The boy is taking shower. In Greek is no difference, isn't it???? Why is this program count mistake?!
Το αγόρι κάνει ντούς. The boy takes the shower; The boy is taking shower.
"The boy takes a shower." is correct.
"The boy is taking a shower." is correct.
"The boy takes the shower" is wrong (don't use "the")
"The boy is taking shower" is wrong (you need "a")
