Η καταμέτρηση ατόμων αρχίζει μετά την εκκένωση.

after

Breakdown of Η καταμέτρηση ατόμων αρχίζει μετά την εκκένωση.

• αρχίζω: to begin
• η εκκένωση: the evacuation
• η καταμέτρηση ατόμων: the headcount

Questions & Answers about Η καταμέτρηση ατόμων αρχίζει μετά την εκκένωση.

What does each word in Η καταμέτρηση ατόμων αρχίζει μετά την εκκένωση do in the sentence?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Η = the (feminine singular definite article)
• καταμέτρηση = counting / headcount / counting process
• ατόμων = of persons / of people
  This is the genitive plural of άτομο.
• αρχίζει = begins / starts
• μετά = after
• την = the (feminine singular accusative article)
• εκκένωση = evacuation

So the structure is basically:

• The counting of people begins after the evacuation.

This is a formal, procedural kind of sentence.

Why is ατόμων in the genitive?

Because καταμέτρηση is a noun, and Greek often uses the genitive to show what is being counted, measured, or described by another noun.

So:

• καταμέτρηση ατόμων = counting of people
• literally: counting people’s / of people

This is similar to English noun phrases like:

• number of students
• list of names
• arrival of guests

In Greek, the second noun often goes into the genitive in this kind of construction.