Ο ατμός βελτιώνει την κόρα.

to improve

Breakdown of Ο ατμός βελτιώνει την κόρα.

• η κόρα: the crust
• ο ατμός: the steam

Questions & Answers about Ο ατμός βελτιώνει την κόρα.

How do you pronounce Ο ατμός βελτιώνει την κόρα?

A rough pronunciation guide is:

o at-MOS vel-tee-OH-nee tin KO-ra

A few helpful points:

• Ο sounds like a short o.
• ατμός has the stress on the second syllable: -μός.
• β in Greek sounds like English v, so βελτιώνει starts with a v sound.
• την is pronounced with the final n here.
• κόρα is stressed on the first syllable: KO-ra.

The accent marks in Greek show you where the stress goes: ατμός, βελτιώνει, κόρα.

What is the basic structure of this sentence?

It follows the very common subject + verb + object pattern:

• Ο ατμός = the subject
• βελτιώνει = the verb
• την κόρα = the direct object

So grammatically, it is:

The steam + improves + the crust

Why is it ο ατμός and not το ατμός?