Breakdown of Ο απόπλους και ο κατάπλους είναι αύριο.
είμαι
to be
και
and
αύριο
tomorrow
ο απόπλους
the sailing; departure by ship
Questions & Answers about Ο απόπλους και ο κατάπλους είναι αύριο.
What does ο mean, and why is it used twice?
ο is the masculine singular definite article, so here it means the.
It appears twice because Greek often repeats the article before each noun in a list:
- ο απόπλους = the departure
- ο κατάπλους = the arrival
So ο απόπλους και ο κατάπλους is literally the departure and the arrival.
Repeating the article is very normal and natural in Greek.
Are απόπλους and κατάπλους masculine nouns?
Yes. You can tell because they take the article ο, which is the nominative singular article for masculine nouns.
So:
- ο απόπλους
- ο κατάπλους
Both are masculine singular nouns.
What case are απόπλους and κατάπλους in?
They are in the nominative case because they are the subject of the sentence.
The basic structure is:
- Ο απόπλους και ο κατάπλους = the subject
- είναι = the verb
- αύριο = tomorrow
So Greek uses the nominative here just as English uses the subject form in The departure and the arrival are tomorrow.
Why is the verb είναι used here?