"Είσαι γρήγορος."
Translation:You are fast.
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It's γρήγορη. Η γυναίκα είναι γρήγορη=The woman is fast. Γρήγορα is the neuter plural nominative and the adverb. Τα παιδιά είναι γρήγορα=The kids are fast. Τρέχει γρήγορα=He/she/it runs fast.
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So, there is no connection between γρηγορος and the name Gregory. I am interested to know, please. Donald Scott.
The name Gregory comes from the greek name Γρηγόριος which comes from γρήγορος. Γρήγορος used to mean "fast-sensed" ie alert, watchful.
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That is very interesting to know, Moderator Troll. Thank you very much. So, Gregory means, more or less, on the alert, savvy, quick witted. One is always learning, Donald S.
Isn't 'Are you fast' also acceptable?
No. Your sentence is a question; Duo's sentence is a statement. (Note the period "." at the end rather than a question mark ";".)
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Right you are. In the written context we rely on the visual cues of punctuation. But if this is spoken with an upward inflection at the end, would it not be a question? The only difference would be the order of the words, 'Are you fast?' vs 'You are fast?'
if this is spoken with an upward inflection at the end, would it not be a question?
Then yes.
But that's not the sentence you are being asked to translate here.
In response to the spoken Greek, which seemed to have a question inflection, I put "Are you fast?" and got penalised.
I can clearly hear "είσαι" using my laptop. Maybe using headphones would help? :)