"Το δελφίνι και η φάλαινα είναι θηλαστικά."
Translation:The dolphin and the whale are mammals.
October 22, 2017
4 Comments
An example of what language teachers call : un faux-ami: In Greek, η φάλαινα is a whale. In French, un phalène is a moth.
October 22, 2017
Howard
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But French for "whale" is "baleine," which is likely cognate with "η φάλαινα."
July 19, 2018
Right we say "false friend" and they can cause havoc in language learning. Even experienced learns sometimes slip up.
October 22, 2017
It seems to me that it is more natural in English to translate as: Dolphins and whales are mammals. When we refer generally to species, we usually keep it singular in Greek, but plural in English.
February 11, 2018
