 | πολυ and πολλη...also χταποδι |
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I was in Greek school all of my life, but I still can't tell when to use πολυ and πολλη. Please help! Also, is octopus οχταποδι or χταποδι? I've asked many Greek people who say it is οχταποδι, but all dictionaries say χταποδι. |
| Re: πολυ and πολλη...also χταποδι |
Πολύ is either the adverb or the neuter of the adjective  So we have πολλή δουλειά πολύ ψωμί δουλεύω πολύ for example octopus is χταπόδι which comes from οχταπόδι but has "lost" its initial omicron. I wonder which Greeks you've asked, since we never use the οχταπόδι form really. In Katharevousa there was the slightly ridiculously sounding οχταπόδιον but that's άλλου παπά ευαγγέλιο |
| Απάντηση: πολυ and πολλη...also χταποδι |
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maybe the Greek people you are asking are not incorrect, but may just be blending the words together το χταπόδι maybe comes out to you as τ'οχταπόδι |
