Το μπεζ παλτό ταιριάζει με τα μαύρα παπούτσια.

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Breakdown of Το μπεζ παλτό ταιριάζει με τα μαύρα παπούτσια.

• μαύρος: black
• το παπούτσι: the shoe
• το παλτό: the coat

Questions & Answers about Το μπεζ παλτό ταιριάζει με τα μαύρα παπούτσια.

Why does the sentence start with Το?

Το is the definite article meaning the for a neuter singular noun in the nominative case.

Here, παλτό (coat) is:

• neuter
• singular
• the subject of the sentence

So το παλτό = the coat.

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Why is παλτό neuter?

In Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Παλτό is simply one of the nouns that is neuter.

A learner often wants to connect grammatical gender with real-world gender, but with objects that usually does not matter. You just learn the noun together with its article:

• το παλτό = the coat

That is the safest way to memorize Greek nouns.

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Why is μπεζ not changing form?

Μπεζ (beige) is one of those color words in Greek that is often indeclinable, meaning it does not change ending to match gender, number, or case.

So you can get forms like:

• το μπεζ παλτό
• η μπεζ φούστα
• τα μπεζ παπούτσια

The word stays μπεζ.

This is different from many ordinary adjectives in Greek, which do change endings.

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What exactly does ταιριάζει mean here?