Breakdown of Ο θόρυβος είναι πολύ ενοχλητικός τη νύχτα.
είμαι
to be
πολύ
very
ο θόρυβος
the noise
τη νύχτα
at night
Questions & Answers about Ο θόρυβος είναι πολύ ενοχλητικός τη νύχτα.
Why does ο (the) become Ο at the beginning of the sentence?
Because it’s the first word of the sentence, so it’s capitalized: Ο θόρυβος.... Greek capitalizes the first letter just like English. (The same would happen to any word, not specifically the article.)
What does ο θόρυβος mean grammatically, and why is it ο?
ο θόρυβος is “the noise”.
- ο is the masculine singular nominative form of “the”.
- θόρυβος is a masculine noun in the nominative case because it’s the subject of the sentence.
Why is είναι used instead of something like “is/are” that changes with the subject?
In Modern Greek, the verb είμαι (to be) has a 3rd person singular form είναι (“is”), and it’s used with singular subjects. Greek does change the verb with the subject, but here the subject ο θόρυβος is singular, so είναι is correct.
Why is πολύ placed before the adjective ενοχλητικός?
πολύ means “very/a lot” and it typically comes right before the adjective or adverb it modifies:
- πολύ ενοχλητικός = very annoying.