"Ο ίδιος ο αδελφός μου έφαγε το κέικ."

Translation: My brother himself ate the cake.

[Bohuslav1]

“My own brother” is marked wrong here.

[deactivated user]

αδερφός ή αδελφός είναι το ίδιο

[jaye16]

Both are accepted as correct unless it was a listening exercise in which case only the word heard would have been accepted. There may have been another error.

[danfortl]

This sentece soes not make sense in english. Either: my brother ate the whole cake himself or my own brother ate the cake. Thanks!

[jaye16]

"My own brother" is "Ο ίδιος μου ο αδερφός..." The word order changes. You can find the precise translation in the Drop Down Hints.

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[Vic950535]

Probably a better English translation would be 'My brother ate the cake himself'?

[jaye16]

NO, sorry that's not what is meant. The Greek means that "he personally at the cake".

[hJ8j10]

Surely the correct translation in English would be "my brother ate the cake by himself"

[jaye16]

Please read the comment above yours.

To say: "my brother ate the cake by himself" you would say ""ο αδερφός μου έφαγε το κέικ μόνος του""

Her we mean...Here it means..."My brother not someone else ate the cake." a slight difference in both languages. But they are different.