"They have a coat."

Translation: Αυτοί έχουν ένα παλτό.

[JenniferMarot]

Please can you clarify why one can use both "αυτοί" and " αυτά" in this sentence.

[D_..]

They = αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά, as when referring to men, women, children (παιδιά, which is neutral in Greek). So any of those work! :)

[Apriltulip]

Actually αυτές didn't work for me in this case! I wonder why..

[Goren17]

Does this mean that a group of people only has one coat?

[adegreeoffreedom]

Because of that implication, I find reading the sentence as singular "they" more likely, in which case, αυτός έχει κλπ.

[adegreeoffreedom]

Because someone saying a group had one coat would either clarify or make the number of coats more explicit with "one" or "only one" and not "a".

[DuoSmeagol]

I wrote "ehoume" and got it right but on the bottom it corrects it to "ehoun". Are both answers correct?

[dillesuzbruk]

No, έχουμε is we have, but έχουν is they have

[Estererz]

What is the difference between "έχουν" and "έχουνε"?

[G.Georgopoulos]

Same thing.

[Donna124861]

The Google keyboard I downloaded for Duolingo is great, it switches automatically depending on the language requested. You can also switch from English to Greek at the tap of a button on the key board rather than going into settings all the time.

[Hilde1024]

why is αυτά neccessary in this sentence? Αυτά έχουν ένα παλτό. (they have a coat). Shouldn't ' έχουν ένα παλτό' be accepted as well?

[D_..]

Έχουν ένα παλτό should be fine.