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UPDATE (30+ years now) Due to the new "monotonic system" of writing which is now the current system in Greece (prior to the "polytonic" which some use a lot and is not foul to use it) When a words that intonates and must have those "two upper dots" (διαλυτικά), then tho...

you are correct.... (tip1)..emphasis many times expresses more accurately when facial movements and sketches take place (like all languages) (tip2).. a short phrase like that..."is it wool"... has VERY FEW info in it. There is almost NO way to define exactly the emphasis. It's common logic...

a nice article is the one below (when the intonation falls ...) https://www.schooltime.gr/2014/12/26/tonismos-genikis-ousiastikon-grammatiki-neoellinkis-glossas/ ikr is in greek, but in general the intonation falls when the adjective is used as a noun. else the intonation does NOT fall-stays in 3rd ...

Hello again :) "Τίνος" does NOT have a gender but apply for all 3 of them ! (masculine-feminine-neutral). We ask with "Τίνος" when we have absolutely NO clue what gender we might recieve as an answer. On the other hand "Ποιανού" or "Ποιανής" is when our questi...

believe me.. after 2 years of learning greek , you will start to see the mathematical pattern behind the language has and everyone talks about. After that, you will be able to MASTER almost 80% of the language. And you can produce even more words by knowing ONLY the "root" of the word.. be...

Hi, i am new in DuoLingo (just a month). I bumped into your question. if i may clarify your wondering loveable-question... "καμηλοπάρδαλις" = camelopardalis = giraffe is a two-words name of an animal, combining the word "καμήλα=camel" and the word "=παρδάλις or the newer spo...