Breakdown of Ο ζαχαροπλάστης φτιάχνει πολύ καλό τσουρέκι.
πολύ
very
καλός
good
φτιάχνω
to make
το τσουρέκι
the tsoureki
Questions & Answers about Ο ζαχαροπλάστης φτιάχνει πολύ καλό τσουρέκι.
What does ο mean here, and why is it used before ζαχαροπλάστης?
Ο is the masculine singular definite article: the.
So ο ζαχαροπλάστης means the pastry chef.
Greek uses the definite article very often, including with people, jobs, and subjects of sentences. So where English might sometimes leave an article out in other contexts, Greek often keeps one.
How can I tell that ζαχαροπλάστης is the subject?
A few clues help:
- ο marks it as nominative masculine singular, which is the usual case for the subject.
- φτιάχνει is 3rd person singular, so it matches a singular subject.
- In normal Greek word order, the subject often comes before the verb.
So ο ζαχαροπλάστης = the pastry chef is the one doing the action.
What form is φτιάχνει?
Φτιάχνει is:
- present tense
- 3rd person singular
- from the verb φτιάχνω = make, prepare, create, sometimes fix
So φτιάχνει means he/she/it makes or is making, depending on context.