Ο μπασίστας παίζει με το συγκρότημα.

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Breakdown of Ο μπασίστας παίζει με το συγκρότημα.

• παίζω: to play
• το συγκρότημα: band
• ο μπασίστας: bassist

Questions & Answers about Ο μπασίστας παίζει με το συγκρότημα.

Why does the sentence start with Ο?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• Ο μπασίστας = the bassist

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, unlike English the, which never changes.

Here, μπασίστας is a masculine singular noun, so it takes ο in the nominative case.

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Why is μπασίστας masculine, and what does the ending -ας tell me?

Μπασίστας means bassist and is a masculine noun here. The ending -ας is very common for masculine nouns in Greek.

So a learner might notice:

• ο μπασίστας = the bassist

This word is a borrowing related to the musical term bass, but it has been adapted to Greek grammar and behaves like a normal Greek masculine noun.

A rough pattern is:

• nominative singular: ο μπασίστας
• accusative singular: τον μπασίστα

So yes, the -ας ending is a useful clue that the noun is probably masculine.

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Why is μπ used at the start of μπασίστας? How is it pronounced?