 The articles The definite article (the) In Greek, nouns have 3 genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. Although the endings of nouns (and adjectives) are often indicative of their gender, a more certain way of identifying them is by their definite article: ο for masculine nouns η for feminine nouns το for neuter
For example: the man = ο άντρας the woman = η γυναίκα the car = το αυτοκίνητο Something that you should note is that in Greek we use articles before names, cities, countries etc. too. In English you would never say something like "The Chris" but in Greek you will say "Ο Χρήστος", or you would never say "The Greece" but in Greek you will say "Η Ελλάδα". The indefinite article (a, an) ένας masculine μία feminine ένα neuter The indifinite article is also a good guide to the gender of a greek noun or adjective. a man = ένας άντρας a woman = μία γυναίκα a car = ένα αυτοκίνητο The plural definite article Both the definite and indefinite articles decline just as nouns do (we'll talk about this later) and the definite article also has both a singular - for one object or person - and a plural - for more than one. the man = ο άντρας the men = οι άντρες the woman = η γυναίκα the women = οι γυναίκες the car = το αυτοκίνητο the cars = τα αυτοκίνητα
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