Ο προορισμός μου είναι η Πάτρα, αλλά δεν βρήκα απευθείας πτήση.

My destination is Patras, but I didn’t find a direct flight.

Breakdown of Ο προορισμός μου είναι η Πάτρα, αλλά δεν βρήκα απευθείας πτήση.

• είμαι: to be
• δεν: not
• μου: my
• αλλά: but

Questions & Answers about Ο προορισμός μου είναι η Πάτρα, αλλά δεν βρήκα απευθείας πτήση.

Why is it ο προορισμός? Does destination have to be masculine in Greek?

Yes—προορισμός is a masculine noun in Greek, so it takes the masculine article ο in the nominative singular: ο προορισμός.

This is just grammatical gender, not real-world gender. Greek nouns are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter, and you usually need to learn the noun together with its article.

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Why is μου after προορισμός instead of before it?

In Greek, the unstressed possessive forms like μου, σου, του, της usually come after the noun:

• ο προορισμός μου = my destination
• το σπίτι μου = my house
• ο φίλος μου = my friend

So Greek often looks like the destination my when translated word-for-word.

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Why is it η Πάτρα and not την Πάτρα?

Because after είναι (is), Greek uses the nominative case, not the accusative.

So:

• η Πάτρα = nominative
• την Πάτρα = accusative

In this sentence, η Πάτρα is the predicate noun after είναι, so nominative is correct.

Also, Greek often uses the definite article with place names and personal names, so η Πάτρα is perfectly normal.

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