Ο κατάπλους του επιβατηγού πλοίου είναι σήμερα.

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Breakdown of Ο κατάπλους του επιβατηγού πλοίου είναι σήμερα.

• σήμερα: today
• το επιβατηγό πλοίο: the passenger ferry
• ο κατάπλους: the arrival in port

Questions & Answers about Ο κατάπλους του επιβατηγού πλοίου είναι σήμερα.

What exactly does κατάπλους mean?

Κατάπλους is a fairly formal, nautical word meaning arrival in port, putting in, or coming into harbor.

So this sentence is not just saying that the ship arrives in a general sense, but more specifically that it comes into port.

A learner should also know that this is not an everyday casual word in most conversation. In ordinary speech, people would often use a simpler expression with a verb, such as Το επιβατηγό πλοίο φτάνει σήμερα (The passenger ship arrives today).

Why does the sentence start with Ο?

Ο is the definite article meaning the, and here it goes with κατάπλους.

• ο κατάπλους = the arrival in port

Even though πλοίου (ship) also appears in the sentence, the main noun of the sentence is κατάπλους, not πλοίο. That is why the article is attached to κατάπλους.

Why is του πλοίου used instead of something like το πλοίο?