Ο δευτερεύων ρόλος ανήκει στον συμπρωταγωνιστή.

to belong

Breakdown of Ο δευτερεύων ρόλος ανήκει στον συμπρωταγωνιστή.

• ο δευτερεύων ρόλος: the supporting role
• ο συμπρωταγωνιστής: the co-star

Questions & Answers about Ο δευτερεύων ρόλος ανήκει στον συμπρωταγωνιστή.

How is this sentence put together grammatically?

It breaks down like this:

• Ο δευτερεύων ρόλος = the subject
• ανήκει = the verb
• στον συμπρωταγωνιστή = a prepositional phrase meaning to the co-star

So the pattern is basically:

Subject + verb + complement

That is very close to normal English word order, even though Greek can be more flexible.

What does ο mean here?

Ο is the masculine singular nominative definite article, so it means the.

It goes with ρόλος because:

• ρόλος is masculine
• singular
• nominative, because it is the subject of the sentence

In Greek, the article changes form depending on gender, number, and case.

Why is it δευτερεύων? That ending looks unusual.