Η δασκάλα του παίζει κιθάρα και πιάνο στο σπίτι.

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Breakdown of Η δασκάλα του παίζει κιθάρα και πιάνο στο σπίτι.

• το σπίτι: the home
• σε: at
• παίζω: to play

Questions & Answers about Η δασκάλα του παίζει κιθάρα και πιάνο στο σπίτι.

Why is it Η δασκάλα του and not Η δασκάλα της, since δασκάλα is feminine?

In Greek, the possessive pronoun (του, της, τους etc.) agrees with the owner, not with the thing that is owned.

• Η δασκάλα του = his (female) teacher
  
  • του = “his” (or “its” / “of the boy/man/thing”)
  • δασκάλα = “(female) teacher”

If we said:

• Η δασκάλα της = her teacher
  
  • της = “her” (or “of the girl/woman/thing”)

So:

• Use του if the student (the one who has the teacher) is male.
• Use της if the student is female.

The gender of δασκάλα (feminine) does not force της. The pronoun’s gender is about who owns the teacher, not about the teacher’s own gender.

What exactly does του mean here? Could it also mean “of him” or “his one”?

Yes. Του is a genitive clitic pronoun and means:

• his, of him (for a male person)
• its, of it (for neuter or sometimes for general “it”)
• also “of the [masculine/neuter noun just mentioned]”

In Η δασκάλα του, it works like an English possessive before a noun:

• η δασκάλα του = his teacher

It does not mean “of the teacher” here. It attaches to δασκάλα to say whose teacher she is.

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