Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.

Το is the definite article here, meaning the.

In this sentence:

• το αγαλματάκι = the figurine / the little statue

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case.
Here, αγαλματάκι is neuter singular nominative, so the article is το.

A few matching examples:

• ο for masculine singular
• η for feminine singular
• το for neuter singular

So το matches αγαλματάκι.

The ending -άκι is a very common diminutive ending in Greek.

That usually means the noun is being presented as:

• small
• cute
• little
• sometimes just a more everyday word for a small version of something

So:

• άγαλμα = statue
• αγαλματάκι = little statue, figurine, small statue

This is extremely common in Greek. Other examples:

• παιδί = child

• παιδάκι = little child

• σπίτι = house
• σπιτάκι = little house

Also, nouns in -άκι are usually neuter, which is why the sentence uses το and χειροποίητο in neuter form.

Because the adjective has to agree with the noun.

Here, αγαλματάκι is:

• neuter
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective must also be neuter singular nominative:

• masculine: χειροποίητος
• feminine: χειροποίητη
• neuter: χειροποίητο

That is why the sentence says:

• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.

If the noun changed, the adjective would change too:

• Ο πίνακας είναι χειροποίητος.
• Η τσάντα είναι χειροποίητη.
• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.

It is an adjective, meaning handmade.

It comes from:

• χέρι = hand
• ποιώ / ποιη- related to making, doing

So the idea is literally something like made by hand.

In this sentence, it is a predicate adjective: it comes after είναι and describes the subject.

Structure:

• Το αγαλματάκι = subject
• είναι = is
• χειροποίητο = predicate adjective

Very similar to English The figurine is handmade.

Because Greek verbs do not change for gender in this kind of sentence.

Είναι is the 3rd person singular form of είμαι = to be.

It changes according to person and number, not according to gender.

So you get:

• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.
• Η τσάντα είναι χειροποίητη.
• Ο πίνακας είναι χειροποίητος.

In all three, the verb is still είναι because the subject is he/she/it type singular.

The adjective changes for gender, not the verb.

Because χειροποίητο is being used as a predicate adjective, not as part of a noun phrase.

Compare:

• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.
  = The figurine is handmade.

Here, χειροποίητο simply describes the subject after είναι.

But if you were using it directly before a noun, you would use the article with the noun phrase:

• το χειροποίητο αγαλματάκι
  = the handmade figurine

So:

• after είναι: usually no article before the adjective
• before a noun: the adjective is inside the noun phrase

It is in the nominative singular.

Why? Because it is the subject of the sentence:

• Το αγαλματάκι = the thing being talked about
• είναι χειροποίητο = what is being said about it

In dictionary form, a noun is usually given in nominative singular, so this is also the basic form you would learn.

Greek word order is more flexible than English, although not completely free.

The neutral, most straightforward order is:

• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.

You may also hear other orders for emphasis, for example:

• Χειροποίητο είναι το αγαλματάκι.
  This puts extra focus on handmade.

• Είναι χειροποίητο το αγαλματάκι.
  Also possible in context.

But for learners, the best default is:

• subject + verb + adjective

So the original sentence is the most natural neutral pattern.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• to a-gal-ma-TA-ki EE-ne chee-ro-POI-ee-to

A few helpful notes:

• αγ before α sounds like a soft g sound, so αγαλματάκι begins roughly a-gal-...
• είναι is pronounced roughly EE-ne
• χ in χειροποίητο is like the h in huge for some speakers, or a soft throaty sound; it is not a hard English k
• Stress matters a lot in Greek:
  • αγαλματάκι
  • είναι
  • χειροποίητο

Listening to native audio is especially helpful for this sentence because the rhythm is very Greek even when each word seems simple.

Usually it suggests a small statue / figurine, yes, but diminutives in Greek can carry slightly different feelings depending on context.

-άκι can suggest:

• actual small size
• affection
• familiarity
• something cute or delicate

So αγαλματάκι often feels more like figurine or little statue than just a mathematically smaller statue.

Context decides how strong the small/cute feeling is.

You would change the article, noun, and adjective to plural:

• Τα αγαλματάκια είναι χειροποίητα.

Breakdown:

• το → τα
• αγαλματάκι → αγαλματάκια
• χειροποίητο → χειροποίητα
• είναι stays the same

So the pattern is:

• singular: Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.
• plural: Τα αγαλματάκια είναι χειροποίητα.

In a normal full sentence, Greek usually keeps είναι.

So the standard sentence is:

• Το αγαλματάκι είναι χειροποίητο.

You might see omission in:

• labels
• titles
• notes
• advertising language
• very informal elliptical speech

For example, on a product tag, Greek might simply say:

• Χειροποίητο αγαλματάκι

But if you want to say a complete sentence, use είναι.

You put δεν before the verb:

• Το αγαλματάκι δεν είναι χειροποίητο.
  = The figurine is not handmade.

This is the normal way to negate είναι.

Pattern:

• είναι = is
• δεν είναι = is not

So this is a very useful sentence frame to learn:

• Το Χ δεν είναι Υ.
  = The X is not Y.