"What is the issue?"
Μετάφραση:Ποιο είναι το θέμα;
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I don't understand why τι is wrong, in previous examples we had "τι πουλάς" " τι έχεις πει"and "τι ώρα" and "τι ντουλάπι είναι κόκκινο" the first two are τι plus a verb, the others τι plus a noun. My grammar book says: "the difference in meaning between ποια βιβλία and τι βιβλία is that the former normally implies that there is a set of books already known to both speaker and hearer, and the speaker is asking the hearer to specify which books out of this set s/he is referring to; whilein the latter the speaker implies "which books out of all the books that exist"." Help please.
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τι πουλάς; -> What (kind of things) do you sell?
ποια πουλάς; -> Which ones (of those) do you sell?
τι βιβλία πουλάτε; -> what (kind of) books do you sell?
ποια βιβλία πουλάτε; -> which (of these) books do you sell?
ποιο ντουλάπι είναι κόκκινο; -> which cupboard is red?
τι ντουλάπι είναι κόκκινο -> incorrect
ποιο είναι το θέμα; -> what is the issue? which one of all the possible issues is THE issue?
τι είναι το θέμα; -> never used that, it's a little vague, and could be answered with "difficult, big, etc."
Usually, with "ποιος" you ask someone to name something, like a subject, a brand, a title of all the existing ones, or from the options given. With "τι" you ask about a definition/explanation/attribute of something.
-Ποιο είναι το όνομά σου; What's your name?
-Alex
-Τι είναι το όνομά σου;
a little confusing question, but the answer could be: greek, short, nice etc.
-Ποιο είναι το σχολείο σου; What's your school (name)?
-Το σχολείο μου είναι το ...school name...
-Τι είναι το σχολείο σου;
-It's big / good / new / a high school...
-Ποιο είναι το αγαπημένο σου τραγούδι; What's your favorite song?
-Το αγαπημένο μου τραγούδι είναι το "nothing else matters".
-Τι είναι το αγαπημένο σου τραγούδι;
-It's a ballad.
-Ποιο είναι το πρόβλημά σου; What's your problem?
-My problem is that I can't........
-Τι είναι το πρόβλημά σου;
-My problem is big/serious/technical..
That was a very interesting question and actually I discussed it with my friends and we couldn't reach a solid conclusion because there are LOTS of exceptions..... For example, Which color should I choose? Ποιο χρώμα να διαλέξω? Τι χρώμα να διαλεξω? both correct. Really, I would like to see if someone comes up with a rule or something about that.
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Alkargr, the mist has now lifted and the sky is clear thanks to your marvelously clear explanation. I am very grateful to you for taking so much trouble to explain it to me. I am sure that others will also benefit from it. Language being a living thing there are always quirks which the rule cannot explain but I am happy that I now understand the general rule which before seemed impenetrable. Thanks again and καλά Χριστούγεννα.
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Μα, αν ειναι ετσι πως το εξηγησες, δεν υπαρχει μια δυνατοτητα που καταλαβαινεται η προαναφερομενη ερωτηση με "τι"; "Τι ειναι το θεμα;" - "δυσκολο."
Εκτος απ' αυτο το βιβλιο μου μελετης ειπε, επειδη εγω ειμαι ενας γερμανος:
"Τι (as an adjective pronoun, in front of a noun) κρασι πινετε;" - Was für einen Wein trinken Sie? (What (kind of) wine do you drink?) possible answer: "γαλλικο."
"Τι (as a pronoun for a noun) πινετε;" - Was trinken Sie? (What (drink) do you drink?) possible answer: "Κρασι."
Αλλα το λεξικο δινει φυσικα επισης παραδειγματα για τη χρηση ως "γιατι": τι τρεχεις ετσι;
It is wonderful to see that there are also many English people here to learn Greek like me, though!
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Και ακομη κατι: Γιατι δεν χρησιμοποιειται "πως" αντι "τι" αν το σημαινει; Για μου ειναι μονο λυπημενο οτι "τι" δεν ειναι "τι", αλλα "πως", και οταν θελω "τι" πρεπει να πω "ποιο", γιατι "ποιο" δεν ειναι παντα "ποιο".
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Μιλάς ισπανικά; Επειδή είναι η ίδεια διαφορά μεταχύ "qué" καί "cuál". Do you know spanish by change? Because It is the same difference between Cuál and qué in questions. That's the only way I could understand both interrogative pronouns. By the way, what is the title of that book of yours? I could use some help too with some topics. I use this one available online: http://minhateca.com.br/Cirillo/Cursos/Idiomas/Grego/43.Greek+An+Essential+Grammar+of+The+Modern+Language,99266090.pdf
It may help you later on
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Many thanks for your help, unfortunatly I don't speak Spanish :-( The grammar book I use is David Holton, Peter Mackridge and Irene Philippaki-Warburton Greek A comprehensive Grammar of the Modern Language. Routledge.ISBN 10001-1 (hbk). At 520 pages its not small but I find it very helpful.
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It happens to be the same book but with just 300 pages... Anyway, thanks.
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Wow, that's useful to know, saves me from carting it around. There is so much super useful stuff out there, you just need a helping hand to find it. Thanks.
