Breakdown of Ο προϊστάμενος οφείλει να απαντήσει σήμερα, γιατί η προθεσμία λήγει αύριο.
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Ο προϊστάμενος means the manager, the supervisor, or the person in charge.
- ο = the masculine singular definite article
- προϊστάμενος = a masculine singular noun/adjectival form meaning supervisor / manager
In this sentence, ο προϊστάμενος is the subject of the verb οφείλει.
The two dots on ϊ show that the vowels are pronounced separately.
So προϊ- is pronounced roughly as pro-i-, not as a single sound. Without the diaeresis, οι is normally pronounced as i in Modern Greek. The diaeresis tells you not to combine them that way here.
So the beginning is:
- προϊ- = pro-i not
- προι- = pri