Το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού αρχίζει τώρα.

Refreshing the sourdough starter starts now.

Breakdown of Το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού αρχίζει τώρα.

• τώρα: now
• αρχίζω: to begin
• το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού: refreshing the sourdough starter

Questions & Answers about Το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού αρχίζει τώρα.

What part of the sentence is the subject?

The subject is Το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού.

More specifically:

• Το ανάπιασμα = the main noun
• του προζυμιού = a genitive phrase that depends on that noun and tells you what the action concerns

So the verb αρχίζει is singular because the whole subject is singular: the feeding / refreshing of the starter.

Why is there a το at the beginning?

Το is the neuter singular definite article: the.

It matches ανάπιασμα, which is a neuter singular noun.

So:

• το ανάπιασμα = the feeding / refreshing
• not just ανάπιασμα = feeding / refreshing in a more general or indefinite sense

Greek uses the definite article very regularly, often more often than English does.

What exactly is ανάπιασμα grammatically?