Breakdown of Το έγγραφο ήρθε από το υπουργείο.
Questions & Answers about Το έγγραφο ήρθε από το υπουργείο.
Because Greek normally uses the definite article with each definite noun phrase.
- το έγγραφο = the document
- το υπουργείο = the ministry
So Greek does not usually avoid repeating the the way English sometimes does. Each noun gets its own article.
The article το tells you they are neuter singular.
That fits the noun endings too:
- έγγραφο ends in -ο, a very common neuter ending
- υπουργείο ends in -είο, also a common neuter pattern
So this sentence gives you two good examples of neuter nouns.
ήρθε is the 3rd person singular aorist form of έρχομαι (to come).
So grammatically it means:
- he/she/it came
- or more naturally in many contexts, arrived
Here it matches the singular subject το έγγραφο.
The aorist is the normal Greek past tense for a single completed event, so ήρθε means that the coming/arrival happened once and is viewed as complete.