"Αυτή είναι μία εφημερίδα."

[Shkia]

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

[kimmksk]

why Αυτή? not Αυτό

[lvanhaas]

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

[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'.

[Ari718480]

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

[KashifKhan362068]

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 ;)

[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".

[JuanAntoni154283]

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.

[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"?

[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?

[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!