"Αυτή είναι μία εφημερίδα."

Translation: This is a newspaper.

[kimmksk]

why Αυτή? not Αυτό

[lvanhaas]

Because "eφημερίδα" is femenine. "Αυτή" is for feminine while "Αυτό" is for masculine.

[Ari718480]

I feel a little bit better about writing she is a newspaper...

[kimmksk]

Αυτόs is masculine, as i know.
Αυτό isn't 'it' ?

thanks i now know it is masculine xD

[D_..]

Αυτό is neutral, αυτός is masculine. These are either personal pronouns (see Tips and notes) or demonstrative pronouns meaning 'this'.

[Kashifkhanf5]

Αυτή is for female, Αυτό is for neutral and Αυτός is for male. I am learning English and Greek, so forgive me if I made a mistake.

[gsazbon]

Do you use εφημεριδα for something ephemeral too?

[D_..]

No, you use εφήμερος: http://www.wordreference.com/engr/ephemeral ;)

[Palitroche21]

How do you pronounce "είναι"? It sounds just like " eena"

[troll1995]

It's "eene". Ει=ι=η=υ=υι=οι=ee and αι=ε=e.

[Diavolitsi]

Think of the ναι sounding like the letters "ne" in the word "net"

So "ee"+"ne"

[insolazione]

When listening to the whole sentence, do you also hear "efmerida"? But when clicking on the single word "efimerida"? Am I hearing wrong or do they omit the "i"?

[ZoeThalassinou]

No it is sounds correctly

[Amalia995464]

Whats the difference between the "ε" and the "η" sounds?

[mizinamo]

Roughly the same as between "short E" and "long E" sounds in English, as in "met" versus "meet".

[Zeppah_]

Then to expand the question, what about έ and ή?

[mizinamo]

Accented and unaccented vowels are pronounced the same in Greek. The accent only shows the position of the syllable with the "stronger" pronunciation.

Unaccented vowels don't get reduced to shwa as they do in English.

The vowels in χώρος "place" and χορός "dance" sound identical - only the position of the word stress moves.

[Shkia]

Origin and Etymology of ephemeral :
Greek ephēmeros lasting a day, daily, from epi- + hēmera day
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ephemeral

[Cmurph20]

Why is εφημεριδα feminine, but χρώμα neutral? Both have the same type of ending. Is there a way to tell?

[mizinamo]

The ending of χρώμα is -μα -- those are neutral (and have a genitive in -ματος).

(That said, there are feminine words that end in -μ, e.g. ή φάρμα, της φάρμας which is not το φάρμα, του φάρματος. But generally, -μα is a pretty good sign that it's neuter.)

[TheM11Mum]

I had this sentence to translate to Englishand I wasn't paying attention. I gave 'she has a paper' as my answer, which I realised was wrong but the correction I was given was 'IT has a paper', surely that is incorrect too?

[ConsolePenguine]

It should be "This is a newspaper", as the tbird person pronouns can double as This (f/m/n)

[rsail]

Is there such a thing as
Τι είναι αυτό; Αυτό είναι μια εφημερίδα
(what is that (unknown thing))? -
((That unknown thing)is a newspaper)

[G.Georgopoulos]

Sure ;) It's included in the alternatives.

[IsmarP1]

"It is a newspaper" should also be an acceptable answer!