Breakdown of Ο υπάλληλος είπε ότι δεν μπορείς να υποβάλεις ξανά την αίτηση σήμερα.
Questions & Answers about Ο υπάλληλος είπε ότι δεν μπορείς να υποβάλεις ξανά την αίτηση σήμερα.
Ο υπάλληλος is the subject of the main verb είπε.
- ο = the for a masculine singular noun in the nominative
- υπάλληλος = employee / clerk / staff member
So Ο υπάλληλος is nominative singular masculine: the employee / the clerk.
A useful detail: υπάλληλος ends in -ος, which often looks masculine, but the word can refer to a man or a woman depending on context. Here, the article ο shows that it is masculine in this sentence.
Είπε is the aorist form of λέω (to say / tell).
Here it means said:
- λέει = he/she says
- είπε = he/she said
So Ο υπάλληλος είπε... means The employee said...
This is the normal simple past form for a completed action.