Το συμβούλιο διαβάζει τον τιμοκατάλογο.

• Το = the for a neuter singular noun
• συμβούλιο = council / board
• διαβάζει = reads / is reading
• τον = the for a masculine singular accusative noun
• τιμοκατάλογο = price list / catalogue of prices

So the structure is literally:

• Το συμβούλιο = the council
• διαβάζει = reads / is reading
• τον τιμοκατάλογο = the price list

Greek articles change depending on gender, number, and case.

In this sentence:

• το συμβούλιο: συμβούλιο is neuter singular, so the article is το
• τον τιμοκατάλογο: τιμοκατάλογο is masculine singular accusative, so the article is τον

Unlike English, Greek does not use just one form of the for everything.

It is in the accusative because it is the direct object of the verb διαβάζει.

The sentence answers the question:

• What is the council reading?
• τον τιμοκατάλογο

In Greek, direct objects usually take the accusative case.

There are two main clues:

1. Verb agreement
   διαβάζει is third person singular, and το συμβούλιο is a singular noun, so it fits as the subject.

2. Case/article form
   το συμβούλιο is in the nominative form, which is the usual case for the subject.
   τον τιμοκατάλογο is accusative, which marks it as the object.

So Greek grammar, not just word order, tells you who is doing the action.

διαβάζει is the third person singular present tense of διαβάζω.

That means it corresponds to:

• he reads
• she reads
• it reads
• the council reads
• and often also is reading

Greek present tense can often translate either as the simple present or the present continuous, depending on context.

It can mean either one.

So Το συμβούλιο διαβάζει τον τιμοκατάλογο could mean:

• The council reads the price list
• The council is reading the price list

Greek often uses the same present-tense form for both ideas. Context tells you which sounds more natural.

In Greek, grammatical gender is not always the same as natural gender.

συμβούλιο is a neuter noun because that is simply the grammatical class it belongs to. Many abstract or institutional nouns are neuter in Greek.

So the neuter article το does not mean the council is somehow physically neutral; it is just a grammar pattern.

The dictionary form is ο τιμοκατάλογος.

That is the nominative singular form, which is how Greek nouns are normally listed in dictionaries.

In this sentence, it becomes:

• ο τιμοκατάλογος → nominative
• τον τιμοκατάλογο → accusative

This is a very common masculine pattern:

• nominative singular in -ος
• accusative singular in -ο

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings and articles help show grammatical roles.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Το συμβούλιο διαβάζει τον τιμοκατάλογο.

But Greek could also rearrange it for emphasis, for example:

• Τον τιμοκατάλογο διαβάζει το συμβούλιο.

That would put more emphasis on the price list.

English usually relies much more heavily on fixed word order.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

To sym-VOO-lee-o dhi-a-VA-zee ton tee-mo-ka-TA-lo-go

A few helpful notes:

• συ in συμβούλιο sounds like see or si depending on accent, but in modern pronunciation sym-VOO-lee-o is a useful approximation.
• β sounds like v
• δ sounds like the th in this
• γ before ε or ι can sound like a soft sound similar to y or a voiced fricative, depending on the environment
• The accent mark shows the stressed syllable:
  • συμβούλιο
  • διαβάζει
  • τιμοκατάλογο

Greek verbs already include information about the subject.

διαβάζει by itself means he/she/it reads or is reading. Because of that, Greek often does not need a separate subject pronoun.

Here, the noun το συμβούλιο is already stated, so adding a pronoun would be unnecessary.

This is different from English, where you usually must say the subject explicitly.

Grammatically, it is singular.

Even though a council is made up of several people, Greek treats το συμβούλιο as a single unit here, so the verb is singular:

• Το συμβούλιο διαβάζει

This is similar to English The council is reading..., although English can sometimes vary in style depending on dialect and context.

Not exactly. τιμοκατάλογος specifically means a price list or price catalogue.

It is built from:

• τιμή = price
• κατάλογος = list / catalogue

So it is more specific than a general catalog. In many contexts, price list is the clearest translation.