Το ρεφρέν είναι εύκολο.

The chorus is easy.

Breakdown of Το ρεφρέν είναι εύκολο.

• είμαι: to be
• εύκολος: easy
• το ρεφρέν: chorus; refrain

Questions & Answers about Το ρεφρέν είναι εύκολο.

What does each word in Το ρεφρέν είναι εύκολο do?

• Το = the definite article, neuter singular
• ρεφρέν = chorus / refrain
• είναι = is
• εύκολο = easy, in the neuter singular form

So grammatically, it is:

[subject] Το ρεφρέν + [verb] είναι + [predicate adjective] εύκολο

Why is there a το at the beginning?

Το means the. Greek uses the definite article very regularly, often more than English does.

So:

• Το ρεφρέν = the chorus / the refrain
• Ρεφρέν by itself can appear in special contexts, but in a normal sentence like this, το is the natural choice.

Why is ρεφρέν neuter?

Because ρεφρέν is a neuter noun in Greek. Grammatical gender in Greek does not always match any real-world idea of natural gender. Many inanimate nouns are masculine, feminine, or neuter simply because that is how the language classifies them.

A useful thing to notice is that ρεφρέν is a loanword, and words like this are often treated as neuter in Greek.

That is why you get:

• το ρεφρέν
• εύκολο to match it

Why is it εύκολο and not εύκολος or ?