Ο λογαριασμός είναι πληρωτέος.

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Breakdown of Ο λογαριασμός είναι πληρωτέος.

• ο λογαριασμός: the bill
• πληρωτέος: payable

Questions & Answers about Ο λογαριασμός είναι πληρωτέος.

Why is there an ο at the beginning?

Ο is the definite article in Greek, meaning the.

Here it is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

It matches λογαριασμός, which is a masculine singular noun.

So:

• ο λογαριασμός = the bill / the account

Greek uses articles more regularly than English in many cases, so leaving it out would usually sound unnatural here.

Why is λογαριασμός masculine?

In Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Λογαριασμός happens to be masculine.

That is why it takes:

• the article ο
• the adjective ending -ος in πληρωτέος

This is grammatical gender, not biological gender. A thing like a bill can still be masculine as a noun.

What form is είναι?