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Questions & Answers about Η καλοσύνη βοηθάει όλους.
Why is there an Η at the beginning? English would usually just say Kindness, not The kindness.
Η is the feminine singular definite article, equivalent to the.
In Greek, abstract nouns are often used with the definite article much more than in English. So Η καλοσύνη is literally the kindness, but in natural English it is usually translated simply as kindness.
So this is very normal Greek, not something unusually specific.
What does καλοσύνη mean exactly, and what kind of word is it?
καλοσύνη is a noun meaning kindness or goodness.
It is:
- feminine
- singular
- here in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence
So Η καλοσύνη = kindness as the thing doing the action.
Why is βοηθάει in that form?