Breakdown of Αυτό το παιχνίδι παίζεται εύκολα με δύο ανθρώπους.
Questions & Answers about Αυτό το παιχνίδι παίζεται εύκολα με δύο ανθρώπους.
Αυτό agrees in gender with παιχνίδι.
- παιχνίδι is a neuter noun.
- The demonstrative αυτός / αυτή / αυτό has three genders:
- masculine: αυτός
- feminine: αυτή
- neuter: αυτό
So we need the neuter form αυτό to match the neuter noun παιχνίδι:
Αυτό το παιχνίδι = This game.
Αυτός would be used with a masculine noun, e.g. Αυτός ο άνθρωπος (this man/person).
In standard modern Greek, you normally keep the article after a demonstrative:
- αυτό το παιχνίδι = this game
- εκείνο το παιχνίδι = that game
Leaving out the article (αυτό παιχνίδι) sounds unnatural or stylistically marked, especially in everyday speech. Greek uses the article much more than English, even with demonstratives.