"Επίσης, θέλω ένα ποτήρι νερό."
Translation:Also, I want a glass of water.
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Likewise is better translated as παρομοίως; since it describes similarity it's best to keep their translations separate. http://www.wordreference.com/engr/likewise
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That's fair. But for me, the exercise previous to this one was something like "Ευχαριστώ, επίσης", which translated to "Thank you, likewise", which caused me some confusion.
D_..'s explanation is correct, it's probably the other sentence that should have been translated in a different way.
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ποτήρι νερό = glass OF water ποτήρι νερού = water glass This seems to me to be the wrong way round but I suppose there is no such sentence as "θέλω ένα ποτήρι του νερού" as one can't have a glass made of water! Or am I incorrect and it is OK to say "θέλω ένα ποτήρι του νερού"
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"Also, I would....." does not sound right, never used it in 70+ years, would always say "I would also......."
It's best to post the whole sentence you tried, as there are many options accepted for this, most of which accept "a glass of water" as well.
Possibly because in the original sentence 'also' is away from the rest, divided by a comma? If you can follow the same structure from the original sentence in the translation then a different structure is practically not an alternative but an incorrect translation for that sentence.
Κούπα is the direct translation to cup. I guess the original creator had in mind that sometimes, κούπα and ποτήρι are interchangeable. I see your point though. We might keep these two seperate in the new tree. ^.^
