Η υπάλληλος με ρωτάει τι μέγεθος φοράω για να μου βρει το κατάλληλο πουκάμισο.

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Breakdown of Η υπάλληλος με ρωτάει τι μέγεθος φοράω για να μου βρει το κατάλληλο πουκάμισο.

• μου: me
• με: me
• φοράω: to wear

Questions & Answers about Η υπάλληλος με ρωτάει τι μέγεθος φοράω για να μου βρει το κατάλληλο πουκάμισο.

Why does υπάλληλος take the feminine article η even though it ends in -ος, which I thought was a masculine ending?

In Greek, grammatical gender is not determined only by the word ending.

Υπάλληλος is a noun that can be either masculine or feminine:

• ο υπάλληλος = the (male) employee
• η υπάλληλος = the (female) employee

So here, η υπάλληλος tells you that the employee is a woman. The -ος ending is very common for masculine nouns, but some occupations and similar nouns can be both genders, with the article showing which one you mean.

Could I say ο υπάλληλος in this sentence instead of η υπάλληλος?

Grammatically, yes.

• Ο υπάλληλος με ρωτάει… would mean “The (male) employee asks me…”
• Η υπάλληλος με ρωτάει… means “The (female) employee asks me…”

Everything else in the sentence can stay the same. You just change the article (and possibly surrounding context) to match the gender of the person you’re talking about.

Why is the object pronoun με placed before ρωτάει (με ρωτάει) instead of after the verb, like in English “asks me”?