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A natural word-by-word breakdown is:
- Η = the for a feminine singular noun
- έξοδος = exit
- κινδύνου = of danger / emergency
- είναι = is
- κοντά = near
- στο = to/in/on the, here functioning as near the because it is σε + το
- κλιμακοστάσιο = stairwell / staircase area
So structurally, Greek is saying something like:
The exit of emergency is near the stairwell
but in natural English that becomes The emergency exit is near the stairwell.
Because in Greek, noun gender is not determined only by the ending.
έξοδος is a feminine noun, even though it ends in -ος, which many learners first associate with masculine nouns.
So:
- η έξοδος = the exit
- not ο έξοδος
- not το έξοδος
Greek has a number of feminine nouns in -ος, so this is something you mostly learn word by word.