Ο οδηγός είναι αθώος.

to be

Breakdown of Ο οδηγός είναι αθώος.

• ο οδηγός: the driver
• αθώος: innocent

Questions & Answers about Ο οδηγός είναι αθώος.

How do you pronounce Ο οδηγός είναι αθώος?

A rough pronunciation is:

• Ο → o
• οδηγός → o-thi-GHOS
• είναι → EE-ne
• αθώος → a-THO-os

A few useful notes:

• δ here sounds like th in this
• γ before ο is a soft throat sound, not a hard English g
• αθώος has three syllables: α-θώ-ος

So the whole sentence is roughly:

o o-thi-GHOS EE-ne a-THO-os

What does ο do at the beginning of the sentence?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article, so here it means the.

So:

• ο οδηγός = the driver

It also tells you that οδηγός is being treated as masculine in this sentence.

What form is είναι?

είναι is the present-tense form of είμαι, which means to be.

Here it means is:

• ο οδηγός είναι αθώος = the driver is innocent

A useful extra fact: είναι is also the form for they are, so Greek learners often notice that this verb is a bit irregular.

Why is at the end, instead of directly before ?