Το σπρέι διώχνει τα κουνούπια.

The spray drives away the mosquitoes.

Breakdown of Το σπρέι διώχνει τα κουνούπια.

• το σπρέι: the spray
• το κουνούπι: the mosquito
• διώχνω: to drive away

Questions & Answers about Το σπρέι διώχνει τα κουνούπια.

What does each word in Το σπρέι διώχνει τα κουνούπια mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Το = the
• σπρέι = spray
• διώχνει = drives away / keeps away / chases away
• τα = the
• κουνούπια = mosquitoes

So the sentence literally works like: The spray drives away the mosquitoes.

Why do we have το before σπρέι and τα before κουνούπια?

These are definite articles:

• το = the for a singular neuter noun
• τα = the for a plural neuter noun

So:

• το σπρέι = the spray
• τα κουνούπια = the mosquitoes

Greek articles change depending on gender, number, and case, so you cannot use just one form of the for everything like in English.

Why is σπρέι neuter?

σπρέι is a loanword from English, and in Greek many imported words of this type are treated as .