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"I hear a noise."
Translation:Ακούω ένα θόρυβο.
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Should the answer omitting the article really be red-screened, though? For an instance which you've written is "[not] ... completely wrong" and is only "a bit more general"? Penalizing beginners and intermediates for a mere subtlety, here, I think....
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ִIt means that the sound is ongoing, when you omit the article like that. It amounts to I hear a fuss/noises - examples. Ακούω θόρυβο από το πάρτυ/ακούω θόρυβο από το ψυγείο. I'd say your suggested answer sound be marked as wrong.
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Noise is masculine so shouldnt it be: έναν θόρυβο v because of the accusative case and in nominative: ένας θόρυβος ?
Well, according to the official grammar rules, the final -ν is dropped when the next word begins with a β, δ, γ, φ, θ, χ, μ, ν, λ, ρ, σ, or ζ. But we do accept both spellings. ^.^
Edit: But, not for maculine nouns. The final -ν is not dropped, so that there is no confusion between the masculine and the neuter pronouns and articles. D_. pointed that out right below, I not-so-gracefully ignored it somehow. ._.
There are a few sentences like that in the course, butt he ssue will be fixed with the release of the new tree.
According to the official grammar rules, the final -ν is NOT dropped for masculine articles and pronouns in the accusative.
http://ebooks.edu.gr/modules/ebook/show.php/DSGYM-A112/621/4005,17967/:
Το τελικό ν της αιτιατικής ενικού του αρσενικού γένους του οριστικού και του αόριστου άρθρου (τον/στον, έναν), καθώς και της προσωπικής αντωνυμίας (αυτόν, τον) διατηρείται στον γραπτό λόγο πάντοτε, στον προφορικό όμως λόγο προφέρεται συνήθως μόνο στις περιπτώσεις που ακολουθούν φωνήεντα ή τα: κ, π, τ, γκ, μπ, ντ, τσ, τζ, ξ, ψ, π.χ. O Σωτήρης χθες πήγε βόλτα με έναν συμμαθητή του στον ζωολογικό κήπο. Αυτόν τον άνθρωπο δεν τον συνάντησε ποτέ.
;)
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Oh really. Thank you. I thought -v is always at masculine words. Because I thought its like τον is with -v and for feminine its additional τη(ν) ,because -v comes before κ,π,τ, ψ, ξ, + vowels