Το διαμέρισμά μας είναι πιο φωτεινό από το παλιό.

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Breakdown of Το διαμέρισμά μας είναι πιο φωτεινό από το παλιό.

• πιο: more
• από: than
• παλιός: old

Questions & Answers about Το διαμέρισμά μας είναι πιο φωτεινό από το παλιό.

Why is there a το at the beginning? English just says our apartment, not the our apartment.

In Greek, possessed nouns normally still take the definite article. So:

• το διαμέρισμά μας = our apartment
• literally, it looks like the apartment our, but that is just normal Greek structure

This is very common:

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η αδελφή της = her sister
• οι φίλοι μας = our friends

So the το is not extra in Greek; it is the standard way to say it.

Why does μας come after διαμέρισμα instead of before it?

Greek weak possessive forms such as μου, σου, του, της, μας, σας, τους usually come after the noun:

• το διαμέρισμά μας = our apartment
• το βιβλίο μου = my book

So μας here means our, but it is placed after the noun rather than before it, unlike English.

Why is it written διαμέρισμά μας with an accent on the last syllable, instead of just διαμέρισμα μας?