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πώς
how /ˈpos/
adverbA1#38 most common
Also: in what way, what (in set phrases like 'πώς σε λένε;'), how come
Example sentences
Πώς είσαι;
How are you?
Πώς σε λένε;
What's your name? (lit. How do they call you?)
Πώς πάμε στο κέντρο;
How do we get to the centre?
Δεν ξέρω πώς να το κάνω.
I don't know how to do it.
Μου εξήγησε πώς λειτουργεί το μηχάνημα.
He explained to me how the machine works.
Αναρωτιέμαι πώς κατάφερε να τους πείσει όλους.
I wonder how he managed to convince all of them.
Word family
όπωςas, like, the way thatκάπωςsomehow, in some way
πωςthat (introducing a clause)
οπωσδήποτεdefinitely, by all means
πόσοhow much, how
Etymology
Modern Greek πώς continues Ancient Greek πῶς, an interrogative adverb meaning 'how, in what way'. It is built on the inherited Indo-European interrogative pronominal stem that also produced ποῦ 'where', πότε 'when' and ποιος 'who'. The accented form πώς ('how') is distinguished in writing from unaccented πως ('that; somehow').
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