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Because το is the definite article the, and Greek normally uses the article with each noun:
- το παιδί = the child
- το παιχνίδι = the toy
- το σεντούκι = the chest / trunk
English also uses the, but Greek is often more consistent about repeating the article with each noun phrase.
They are all neuter singular nouns. A lot of common neuter nouns in Greek end in -ι.
So here:
- παιδί = child
- παιχνίδι = toy
- σεντούκι = chest / trunk
Their article is also neuter singular: το.
Βάζει is the 3rd person singular present form of βάζω = to put.
So:
- βάζω = I put
- βάζεις = you put
- βάζει = he/she/it puts
Because the subject is το παιδί (), Greek uses .