Breakdown of Ο τροχός αγγειοπλαστικής είναι στο εργαστήριο κεραμικής.
είμαι
to be
σε
in
το εργαστήριο κεραμικής
the ceramics studio
ο τροχός αγγειοπλαστικής
the potter's wheel
Questions & Answers about Ο τροχός αγγειοπλαστικής είναι στο εργαστήριο κεραμικής.
Why does the sentence start with Ο?
Ο is the masculine singular nominative form of the Greek definite article, meaning the.
It is used here because τροχός is:
- masculine
- singular
- the subject of the sentence
So Ο τροχός means the wheel.
Why is it τροχός and not some other form of the word?
Τροχός is the nominative singular form, which is the form used for the subject of a sentence.
In this sentence, the wheel is the thing being talked about, so Greek uses the nominative:
- Ο τροχός = the wheel
If the word had another role in the sentence, its form might change.
What is αγγειοπλαστικής doing after τροχός?
Αγγειοπλαστικής is in the genitive singular form.
Here the genitive is used to show a relationship like:
- wheel of pottery
- pottery wheel
So τροχός αγγειοπλαστικής means something like wheel for pottery / potter’s wheel.
This is very common in Greek: one noun is followed by another noun in the genitive to describe what kind of thing it is.