Ο υποβολέας διαβάζει το θεατρικό κείμενο.

Greek the changes form to match the gender, number, and case of the noun.

• ο υποβολέας = the prompter
  
  • ο is the masculine singular nominative form
• το θεατρικό κείμενο = the theatrical text / the play script
  
  • το is the neuter singular accusative form here

So unlike English, Greek articles agree with the nouns they go with.

• Ο υποβολέας is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.
• το θεατρικό κείμενο is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of διαβάζει.

A simple way to think about it:

• Who is doing the action? → ο υποβολέας
• What is being read? → το θεατρικό κείμενο

υποβολέας is a masculine noun in Greek. Many nouns referring to people have grammatical gender, and this noun takes masculine forms:

• ο υποβολέας = the prompter

Its grammatical gender controls the article:

• ο because the noun is masculine

Greek grammatical gender does not always work exactly like natural gender in English, but for nouns referring to professions or people, the grammatical gender often corresponds to the person being described.

διαβάζει is the 3rd person singular present tense form of διαβάζω (to read).

So it means:

• he reads
• she reads
• it reads

Greek verbs usually show the subject in the verb ending, so a separate subject pronoun like he or she is often unnecessary.

Greek often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you the person and number.

Here, διαβάζει already means he/she reads, so Greek does not need to say:

• Αυτός διαβάζει = He reads
• Αυτή διαβάζει = She reads

Those pronouns are usually only added for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

θεατρικό is an adjective meaning theatrical or dramatic, and it must agree with the noun κείμενο.

Since κείμενο is:

• neuter
• singular
• accusative

the adjective also appears as:

• θεατρικό

So:

• το θεατρικό κείμενο

This is adjective agreement: article + adjective + noun all match.

Because many neuter singular nouns in Greek have the same form in the nominative and accusative.

So:

• nominative: το κείμενο
• accusative: το κείμενο

The function changes, but the form stays the same.

It can depend on context.

Literally:

• θεατρικό = theatrical / dramatic
• κείμενο = text

Together, θεατρικό κείμενο can mean something like:

• theatrical text
• dramatic text
• play text
• sometimes script, depending on context

If the meaning has already been given to the learner, it is still useful to know that Greek often uses combinations like this in a slightly broader or more flexible way than a single fixed English word.

Not completely. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings help show who is doing what.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Ο υποβολέας διαβάζει το θεατρικό κείμενο.

But Greek can change word order for emphasis, for example:

• Το θεατρικό κείμενο διαβάζει ο υποβολέας.

This could put more focus on the theatrical text.

Even so, the original order is the most natural basic pattern for a simple statement.

A helpful rough pronunciation is:

• ee-po-vo-LE-as

The stress is on λέ:

• υποβολέας

A few useful sound notes:

• υ here sounds like ee
• β in Modern Greek sounds like v
• αι sounds like e

So the final part -λέας sounds roughly like LE-as.

The accent marks show which syllable is stressed in pronunciation.

In this sentence:

• υποβολέας → stress on λέ
• διαβάζει → stress on βά
• θεατρικό → stress on ρι
• κείμενο → stress on κεί

These marks are very important in Greek spelling and pronunciation.

You can get close, but it may sound unnatural if you translate too literally.

Word by word:

• Ο = the
• υποβολέας = prompter
• διαβάζει = reads
• το = the
• θεατρικό = theatrical
• κείμενο = text

A literal version is:

• The prompter reads the theatrical text.

But depending on context, a more natural English translation might be:

• The prompter reads the script.
• The prompter is reading the play text.

So Greek and English do not always match perfectly word for word.