Το στήθος του είναι ζεστό.

to be

Breakdown of Το στήθος του είναι ζεστό.

• ζεστός: warm
• του: his
• το στήθος: chest (body)

Questions & Answers about Το στήθος του είναι ζεστό.

Why is there a το at the beginning? English would just say his chest, not the his chest.

In Greek, body parts and many other possessed nouns are very often expressed as:

definite article + noun + weak possessive pronoun

So:

Το στήθος του = literally something like the chest of him, but naturally it means his chest.

This is completely normal Greek. You do not usually translate the article separately into English in this kind of phrase.

A very common pattern is:

• το χέρι μου = my hand
• τα μάτια της = her eyes
• το κεφάλι του = his head

So in this sentence, το is exactly what you should expect.

What exactly is του here?