Ο ηθοποιός αποστηθίζει την ατάκα.

The actor memorizes the line of dialogue.

Breakdown of Ο ηθοποιός αποστηθίζει την ατάκα.

• ο ηθοποιός: the actor
• η ατάκα: the line of dialogue
• αποστηθίζω: to learn by heart; memorize

Questions & Answers about Ο ηθοποιός αποστηθίζει την ατάκα.

Why does the sentence start with Ο?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article in the nominative case. In English, it usually corresponds to the.

So:

• ο ηθοποιός = the actor

Here, ηθοποιός is the subject of the sentence, so it appears in the nominative, and the article matches it in gender, number, and case.

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Why is it την ατάκα and not η ατάκα?

Because ατάκα is the direct object of the verb, not the subject.

Greek changes the article depending on the noun’s role in the sentence:

• η ατάκα = the line as a subject
• την ατάκα = the line as a direct object

In this sentence:

• ο ηθοποιός = the subject
• την ατάκα = the thing being memorized, so it is in the accusative case

That is why Greek uses την, the feminine singular accusative form of the definite article.

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What form is αποστηθίζει?