"What is the population?"
Translation:Πόσο είναι ο πληθυσμός;
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I don't understand why what is translated as πόσο. Πόσο is how much and what is just τι
I was wondering the same thing. Troll says elsewhere that Πόσο always asks for the quantity. https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/18099210 (For those wondering what we are talking about: πόσος is nominative masculine singular, so we thought it might work here in agreement with ο πληθυσμός, while πόσο is neuter nominative singular, neuter accusative singular or masculine accusative singular.)
I'm not clear on if πόσος is correct, too. Can it be used to agree with ο πληθυσμός?
Why not τι
Because then you would get an answer along the lines of A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world. -- a definition of the word "population", rather than a number.
But isn't that a valid response? The prompt is so vague that I think it should be accepted.