Breakdown of Το μπλέντερ είναι πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα.
είμαι
to be
πάνω σε
on
δίπλα σε
next to
το μπλέντερ
the blender
Questions & Answers about Το μπλέντερ είναι πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα.
Why is it Το μπλέντερ and not just μπλέντερ?
Το is the definite article, meaning the.
Greek usually uses the article more consistently than English, especially with ordinary nouns. So Το μπλέντερ means the blender.
Also, μπλέντερ is treated as a neuter noun here, so it takes the neuter singular article το.
Why is μπλέντερ written like that? Is it just an English word?
Yes, μπλέντερ is a loanword from English blender, written in Greek letters.
A few useful letter combinations here:
- μπ = usually sounds like b
- λέ = le
- ντερ = nder
So μπλέντερ sounds roughly like BLEN-der.
Loanwords like this are very common in Modern Greek.
What does είναι mean?
είναι means is or are.
It is the 3rd person singular/plural form of the verb to be in Modern Greek.
So here:
- Το μπλέντερ είναι... = The blender is...
Greek does not usually leave out in sentences like this, so it works much like English .