Το «α» είναι φωνήεν.

to be

Breakdown of Το «α» είναι φωνήεν.

• το α: the letter A
• το φωνήεν: the vowel

Questions & Answers about Το «α» είναι φωνήεν.

Why is there το before α?

Because Greek often uses the definite article when a letter is treated like a noun.

So το α means the letter a.

Here, το is the neuter singular definite article. Letter names in Greek are commonly treated as neuter, so you get:

• το α
• το β
• το γ

This is different from English, where we usually just say A is a vowel without an article.

Why is α written inside « »?

Those are Greek quotation marks, often used when mentioning a word, letter, or expression directly.

So «α» means you are talking about the symbol/letter itself, not using it as part of another word.

In English, we would usually write:

• "a"

In Greek, the standard quotation marks are:

• « »

So Το «α» είναι φωνήεν is the natural way to write The letter a is a vowel.

Why is it είναι?