Breakdown of Το υπόστρωμα κρατάει υγρασία.
Questions & Answers about Το υπόστρωμα κρατάει υγρασία.
- Το = the
- υπόστρωμα = substrate, base layer, underlayer, depending on context
- κρατάει = holds, retains, keeps
- υγρασία = moisture, humidity, depending on context
So the sentence is built very literally as The substrate holds moisture.
Because υπόστρωμα is a neuter noun in Greek.
Greek nouns have grammatical gender:
- ο for masculine
- η for feminine
- το for neuter
So:
- το υπόστρωμα = the substrate
A useful clue is that many neuter nouns end in -μα, and υπόστρωμα is one of them.