"Το πόδι του είναι ψηλό."

Translation: His leg is long.

[spdl79]

πόδι means both "leg" and "foot". It doesn't differentiate between the two - it includes both. I believe it's the most commonly-used term to refer to either part of the body.

Here's my understanding of the other words:

• σκέλος does indeed mean leg (without the foot)
• κνήμη is shin, so is just a part of the leg
• πους is just the Katharevousa form of πόδι and therefore also includes the foot
• πρόποδες is more like a figurative use of foot, as in 'the foot of the mountain'

A native speaker might want to correct me though.

[Lng52-._]

Aren't there (2) different words for "leg" (σκέλος; κνήμη) and "foot" (πους; πρόποδες) ?

[bonbayel]

(This didn't seem to post before, so if it repeats, sorry.)

Does this guy only have one long leg? I think we'd say, His legs are long. Or: One of his legs is longer than the other.

[RaleighStarbuck]

Εγώ έγραψα "His foot is long" και το πρόγραμμα απέρριψε την απάντησή μου...η λέχη "πόδι" σημαίναι "leg" και "foot" επίσης, σωστά;

[D_..]

I think there are two issues here: 1) Πόδι is indeed used for both 'leg' and 'foot'. 2) Ψηλό means tall or high. Therefore, it indicates a long leg but does not work for feet.

[RaleighStarbuck]

Αχ, ναι, καταλαβαίνω- αυτό βγάζει νόημα. "His foot is long" θα ήταν "Το πόδι του είναι μακρύς," σωστά;

[D_..]

Μακρύ. (Μακρύς-μακριά-μακρύ)

[cNml11]

Ναι. Η λέξη «long» σημαίνει «μακρύ» και η λέξη «tall» σημαίνει «ψηλό».

[greekdude_]

Ψηλό = tall and should be accepted. Μακρύ = long.

[Nicholas358161]

I also agree. His leg is tall should be accepted.

[DianaWard7]

You wouldn't hear anyone say, "His leg is tall" in English. And even though I agree that you usually would be using the plural here, I see no problem with this sentence, especially if you're an amputee...

[Walt1965]

I agree with greekdude ...

[D_..]

Aren't legs in English 'long' only? At least for people/animals? Maybe 'tall' can be used for furniture legs.

[Jon345104]

His foot is long was marked wrong

[Walt1965]

I think the problem is that in English this is an odd sentence. Who would say this?

[Vivliothykarios]

Thinking his foot was thin/fine/delicate, I heard and wrote ψιλό, which was rejected as a typo. Is this just one of those cases where DL can only countenance one correct answer -- or was my supposition really not possible here? (At any rate, even if only one understanding is accepted in a "Type what you hear" exercise, I still think my hearing easily makes more sense than "one long leg"!)

[G.Georgopoulos]

Unfortunately listening exercises are not independent and will mark correct only the sentences encountered throughout the course. In any case, here you're referring to a body part, so the correct adjective would be "λεπτός". Yes, "ψιλός" means "thin" as well, but it can't be used as freely. The most common collocation is "ψιλή βροχή"=ψιλόβροχο=drizzle.

[Yoryos1]

Καλησπέρα. Αφού στην εκφώνηση χρησιμοποιείται η λέξη «ψηλό», γιατί θεωρείται λάθος η χρησιμοποίηση του «tall» και σωστή μόνο το «long» (το οποίο, αν δεν κάνω λάθος, σημαίνει μακρύ);