Ο σύζυγός μου δουλεύει από το σπίτι σήμερα.

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Breakdown of Ο σύζυγός μου δουλεύει από το σπίτι σήμερα.

• σήμερα: today
• μου: my
• από: from

Questions & Answers about Ο σύζυγός μου δουλεύει από το σπίτι σήμερα.

What does σύζυγος mean exactly? Is it specifically husband?

σύζυγος can mean spouse in a general or formal sense. The article shows the gender here:

• ο σύζυγος = husband
• η σύζυγος = wife

So in this sentence, ο σύζυγός μου means my husband. In everyday Greek, people also often say ο άντρας μου for my husband, but σύζυγος is a standard and neutral word.

Why is there an ο before σύζυγός μου? English just says my husband, not the my husband.

In Greek, it is normal to use the definite article with a noun even when there is a possessive like μου.

So Greek says:

• ο σύζυγός μου = literally the husband my
• natural English: my husband

This is standard Greek grammar. The article is not optional here in normal speech.

Why is μου after the noun instead of before it?

Because μου is a weak possessive pronoun (an enclitic), and in Greek it normally comes after the noun:

• ο σύζυγός μου = my husband
• το σπίτι μου = my house / my home
• η αδερφή μου = my sister

Putting the possessive after the noun is the usual Greek pattern. If you want extra emphasis, Greek can use δικός μου, but that is a different structure.