"Νιώθω τέλεια!"
Translation:I feel great!
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So in this sentence τέλεια is an adjective? Or is this a Greek expression for feeling great (which was the translation DL listed) that is common but not strictly grammatical?
"τέλεια" is an adverb however in English we wouldn't use an adverb in this sentence. Here's a good set of dictionaries:
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/greek_dictionary.htm
So, we have grammatically correct Greek and English. See the comments below.
Ι often forget to switch between english and greek script as I type when asked to tpe what I hear - my answer is then marked wrong. The Spanish version of Duo lingo tells me the naswer is not in Spanish and asks me to try again which is less irritating. Could this option be worked into updated Greek versions?
An individual sentence discussion is not the best place to raise this - better to post in the forum itself.
However, someone else did this just a couple of hours ago: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/20204330
"Feel" can take either an adjective or an adverb.
With the adjective: "I feel perfect." it means the way I feel physically or emotionally it is a condition, not an action.
With the adverb it shows action. I can't think of an example where you would use "feel" as an action with "perfectly". It is possible with for example: "quickly": "I felt in my pocket quickly to find my wallet."
Other such verbs are e.g. "smell" "The cookies smelled delicious." that is its state no action shown. But "The cat smelled the food carefully." that shows action. Here are some other examples here. and here.
Hope that helps.
τέλεια" is a lot stronger than "fine". It means "perfect,great, wonderful etc"
That's exactly what I mean when I say "I feel fine". Couldn't feel better. Otherwise, I'd say "okay" or "so, so".
My answer I feel fine! was marked incorrect. Surely great and fine are synonyms.
"τέλεια" means "perfect" - "great" - "excellent". "Fine" is too weak.
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