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- "We are watching the play."
"We are watching the play."
Translation:Εμείς παρακολουθούμε το θεατρικό έργο.
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"Παρακολουθούμε την παράσταση", left out the "εμείς" and was marked wrong. It seems like a blip.
Both of your answers are added jeanprendiville & spdl79! Thanks for the input!
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I understood that θεατρικό meant play, and the έργο is implied - hence “παρακολουθούμε το θεατρικό” - is this incorrect?
θεατρικό is an adjective, "theatrical". So I don't think it really works. Although I'm not a native speaker, so I can't say that with 100% confidence. The έργο is more like the "play/work" bit. In my village, we put on plays every year, and people refer to them as έργο; I've never heard them referred to as a θεατρικό. But then Crete is also a bit different to the mainland :-)
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My dictionary gives θεατρικό is "adjective used as noun", and I tended towards it because έργο sounds instinctively too vague - but then so does Stück in German, so it's not a good reason, and the English word play also sounds quite general of course.
Βλέπω το θεατρικό is correct usage and will be accepted from now on. :)
I agree with Stergi3. Actually, έργο all by itself is a bit more commonly used to describe a tv series, rather than a play. :P
Because κοιτάζω is a direct translation to look at. Look at doesn't match the context in this case, because one wouldn't use it for an actual play (like they wouldn't use it for watching tv or a film, for example). ^.^
