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Questions & Answers about Το κουπλέ είναι μικρό.
What does το mean, and why is it used here?
Το is the definite article, meaning the.
So το κουπλέ = the verse / the couplet / the verse section.
In Greek, articles are used very often, and they must match the noun’s gender, number, and case. Here, κουπλέ is treated as neuter singular, so the article is το.
Why is κουπλέ neuter?
In Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Κουπλέ is a neuter noun, so it takes:
- το in the singular
- neuter adjective forms, like μικρό
This is something you usually have to learn together with the noun:
- το κουπλέ not just κουπλέ
A useful habit is to memorize Greek nouns with their article.
Why is the adjective μικρό and not μικρός or μικρή?