"True or false?"

Translation: Λάθος ή σωστό;

[Snommelp]

Is this the more common word order in Greece? "False or true," rather than "true or false"?

[D_..]

I would say Σωστό ή λάθος sounds better, and actually matches the word order of True or false...

[Spoonashy]

Hmm, I'm sure I'm just confused or not looking at things right, but «Λάθος» appears to be a noun and «σωστό» appears to be an adjective, at least according to wiktionary, which makes this construct seem a bit odd, although I guess the idea is to treat «σωστό» as a noun-phrase with an omitted "one" as demonstrated elsewhere in this section?

[D_..]

You are correct in your observation! Λάθος is a noun meaning mistake, but it is now also used as an adjective instead of λανθασμένος, which itself should be λαθεμένος. Please see also the comments here.

[MiltiadisA1]

my answer αληθεια η ψεμα. Duoling answer Λαθος η σωστο. why?

[teopap2]

"Σωστό ή λάθος" is a fixed expression for asking true or false in everyday speech. Neither word matches the English meanings.

σωστός/-ή/-ό: correct
(το) λάθος: the mistake
(η) αλήθεια: the truth
(το) ψέμα: the lie

A literal translation of "true or false" would be "αληθινό ή ψεύτικο": both these words are used in everyday speech, but this expression is not.

In more formal/academic contexts (e.g. logic, boolean algebra, computer science), the expression takes a more archaic form: "αληθής ή ψευδής": these adjectives also mean true and false respectively, but are rarely used outside such contexts.

[Theo635631]

I'm thinking maybe that way translates to truths or lies instead of true or false--where one set of words are nouns and the other are adjectives. Maybe someone else knows for sure.

[Walt1965]

I agree with MiltiadisA1. Why is ´αλήθεια η ψέμα' wrong?

[Walt1965]

Anyone - ? (apart from the missing accent on ή)

[G.Georgopoulos]

It's more of a fixed expression, as another user commented above recently.

[dieter667754]

When I take σωστό and λάθος both as adjectives, why is σωστό = neuter and λάθος = male?

[teopap2]

Since το λάθος (the mistake) is actually a neuter noun, it isn't declined at all when used as an adjective:

Ο σωστός τρόπος (the correct way), της σωστής απάντησης (answer), το σωστό όνομα, τους σωστούς αριθμούς (numbers), τις σωστές παρατηρήσεις (observations), των σωστών βημάτων (steps), but ο λάθος τρόπος (the wrong way), της λάθος απάντησης, το λάθος όνομα, τους λάθος αριθμούς, τις λάθος παρατηρήσεις, των λάθος βημάτων.

[Anzjeliekje]

Must be the other way around!

[KeithAndre18]

Either order is accepted as correct. If it were not before, it looks like this has been corrected.