Questions & Answers about Ο ύπνος με βοηθάει όταν έχω άγχος.
Why is it ο ύπνος and not just ύπνος?
In Greek, the definite article is used much more often than in English, even with general or abstract ideas.
So ο ύπνος can mean sleep in a general sense, not only the sleep in a very specific sense.
Here, ο also tells you useful grammar information:
- ο = masculine singular nominative
- so ο ύπνος is the subject of the sentence
English often drops the article in sentences like Sleep helps me, but Greek normally keeps it.
How can I tell what part of the sentence ο ύπνος is?
Ο ύπνος is the subject: the thing doing the helping.
You can break the sentence down like this:
- ο ύπνος = the subject
- με = me
- βοηθάει = helps
- όταν έχω άγχος = when I have stress/anxiety
A big clue is the article ο, which marks ύπνος as nominative masculine singular, the form typically used for the subject.
Why does με mean me here? Doesn’t με also mean with?