Questions & Answers about Βρέχει ασταμάτητα από το πρωί.
Why is there no Greek word for it in this sentence?
Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are understood from the verb ending. With weather verbs, English uses it as a dummy subject, but Greek usually does not. So Βρέχει by itself already means It is raining or It rains.
Does βρέχει mean it rains or it is raining?
It can mean both. The form βρέχει is the present tense of βρέχω, and Greek present tense can describe either:
- a general/habitual action: It rains
- an action happening now: It is raining
In this sentence, από το πρωί makes it clear that the meaning is ongoing: it has been raining since morning / since this morning.
What is the dictionary form of βρέχει?
The dictionary form is βρέχω.
This verb has two common uses:
- impersonal/weather use: βρέχει = it is raining
- ordinary transitive use: βρέχω κάτι = I wet something
So in this sentence, it is being used in the weather sense.
Why is βρέχει in the present tense if the rain started earlier?