Ο προπονητής μιλάει με τον παίκτη πριν από το ημίχρονο.

The coach talks with the player before halftime.

Breakdown of Ο προπονητής μιλάει με τον παίκτη πριν από το ημίχρονο.

• με: with
• μιλάω: to talk
• πριν από: before
• ο παίκτης: the player

Questions & Answers about Ο προπονητής μιλάει με τον παίκτη πριν από το ημίχρονο.

Why does the sentence start with Ο?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

In Ο προπονητής, the noun προπονητής (coach) is masculine singular, so it takes ο in the nominative case.

Greek articles change depending on:

• gender: masculine, feminine, neuter
• number: singular or plural
• case: nominative, accusative, genitive, etc.

So ο here shows that the coach is the subject of the sentence.

Why is it ο προπονητής but τον παίκτη?

This is because the two nouns are in different cases.

• ο προπονητής is the subject, so it is in the nominative
• τον παίκτη comes after με and is in the accusative

Greek often marks noun roles with case endings and article changes.

Here you can compare:

• nominative: ο παίκτης = the player (as subject)
• accusative: τον παίκτη = the player (as object / after certain prepositions)

So με τον παίκτη means with the player, and τον is the masculine accusative singular article.

Why does παίκτης become παίκτη?