Με μια κρύα λεμονάδα δροσίζομαι αμέσως.

With a cold lemonade I cool off immediately.

Breakdown of Με μια κρύα λεμονάδα δροσίζομαι αμέσως.

• με: with
• κρύος: cold
• μία: one
• αμέσως: immediately

Questions & Answers about Με μια κρύα λεμονάδα δροσίζομαι αμέσως.

Why does the sentence start with Με? What does Με μια κρύα λεμονάδα mean here?

Here με means with and introduces the means or thing that helps produce the result.

So Με μια κρύα λεμονάδα means something like:

• with a cold lemonade
• by having/drinking a cold lemonade
• thanks to a cold lemonade

In natural English, you might translate the whole idea more freely as A cold lemonade cools me down immediately or I cool off immediately with a cold lemonade.

After με, Greek uses the accusative case, which is why you get μια κρύα λεμονάδα.

Why is it μια κρύα λεμονάδα? How do these words fit together grammatically?

All three words match in gender, number, and case.

• λεμονάδα = lemonade

  • feminine
  • singular
  • accusative here (because it follows με)

• μια = a / one

  • feminine singular accusative

• κρύα = cold

  • feminine singular accusative

So the phrase literally lines up as:

• μια = a
• κρύα = cold
• λεμονάδα = lemonade

Greek adjectives usually agree with the noun they describe, so κρύα has to match λεμονάδα.

Why is the adjective κρύα and not κρύο?