Breakdown of Οι μαθητές σήμερα γράφουν προτάσεις στο τετράδιό τους.
Questions & Answers about Οι μαθητές σήμερα γράφουν προτάσεις στο τετράδιό τους.
In Greek, nouns have grammatical gender.
- μαθητής (student) is masculine in the singular.
- Its plural is μαθητές (students), still masculine.
The definite article must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun:
- ο μαθητής – the student (masc. singular, nominative)
- οι μαθητές – the students (masc. plural, nominative)
Τα is the neuter plural article, so it cannot be used with a masculine noun like μαθητές.
Greek usually omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.
- γράφω – I write
- γράφεις – you (sing.) write
- γράφει – he/she/it writes
- γράφουμε – we write
- γράφετε – you (pl.) write
- γράφουν – they write
In Οι μαθητές σήμερα γράφουν…, the subject οι μαθητές is already explicit, and the ending -ουν on γράφουν also shows they.
So adding αυτοί (they) is usually unnecessary and would sound too heavy in this simple sentence.