Το κοινό χειροκροτεί.

audience

Breakdown of Το κοινό χειροκροτεί.

• χειροκροτώ: to applaud

Questions & Answers about Το κοινό χειροκροτεί.

What does το mean here?

Το is the definite article in Greek, meaning the.

In Το κοινό χειροκροτεί, το κοινό means the audience.

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, so το is the form used here because κοινό is neuter singular in this sentence.

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Why is κοινό singular if an audience is made of many people?

Because Greek, like English, can treat audience as a collective singular noun.

So το κοινό is grammatically singular, even though it refers to many people. That is why the verb is also singular:

• το κοινό = the audience
• χειροκροτεί = applauds / is applauding for he/she/it

So the sentence is structured as:

• subject: το κοινό
• verb: χειροκροτεί

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Is κοινό normally a noun or an adjective?