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Because δεύτερη βροντή is a feminine singular phrase in the accusative, and the feminine accusative article is την. In Modern Greek, that final -ν is often dropped before many consonants, so την becomes τη.
So:
- full form: την δεύτερη βροντή
- very common shorter form: τη δεύτερη βροντή
Both are understandable, but τη is very natural here.
Because it has to agree with βροντή, and βροντή is a feminine noun.
Greek adjectives change form to match the noun in:
- gender
- number
- case
Here:
- βροντή = feminine, singular
- after μετά it is in the accusative
- so δεύτερη also appears in the feminine singular accusative form
That is why you get τη δεύτερη βροντή.
Βροντή means thunder, but in a sentence like this it often sounds more like a thunderclap or a peal of thunder in English.
So μετά τη δεύτερη βροντή is naturally understood as:
- after the second thunderclap
- or after the second peal of thunder