"What does the boy say?"

Translation: Τι λέει το αγόρι;

[wahooManHimself]

What's the difference between λέει and μιλάει?

[xavier_6]

I think the main difference is the same as between the verbs 'say' (λέω) and 'speak' (μιλάω), one is used to express the fact of articulating a message and the other to implicate the speaking capacity. Correct me if im wrong!

[stephen569140]

There's an accent on the iota in τι?

[ChrysiCh.]

There shoudn't be, it's a mistake.

[RanHinrichs]

In some of your answers you have an accent on the Ti. I had thought it was like Spanish, when there is a question, the interrogative pronoun is accented.

[G.Georgopoulos]

It's like in Spanish when it comes to the words "πού"=where and "πώς"=how.

[JanCraen]

Why we put an accent here on τί?????

[stephen569140]

See ChrysiCh's comment, we think it's a mistake, the accent shouldn't be there and doesn't do anything

[Liebert_]

Τί λέει η αλεπού;

[D_..]

I believe you are looking for this: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/17487454 ;)

[Allmann7]

Why is the semicolon (U+003B) used here instead of the Greek question mark (U+037E)?

[Tiny_Twinkletoes]

Is τι μιλάει το αγόρι wrong? I realize it's likely more akin to "speaks" than "say" (if I'm understanding correctly).

So would τι μιλάει το αγόρι mean "What does the boy speak?" - perhaps expecting an answer like Ελληνικά or Αγγλικά in reply?

[troll1995]

Yes, you are correct. Τι μιλάει το αγόρι means "what does the boy speak" and expects an answer like Ελληνικά, Αγγλικά, Ισπανικά etc. It is a correct sentence but not correct as a translation for this exercise.

[RaviCabral]

I typed, "το αγόρι, τί λέει" and it was marked wrong. Sutely, this is ok?

[D_..]

Technically, you've written "The boy, what does he say?" which is a bit different. Not sure if this is acceptable on Duolingo terms but it's perfectly fine in real life. :)

[Sophia783339]

I came across a sentence which said that τι λέει also meant what does the man say. If it is correct, why wouldn't you put τι λέει ο άντρας like you would in this sentence?

[G.Georgopoulos]

I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying the whole hint was like that? Because the two nouns are clearly different.