Ο ποδηλατόδρομος είναι κοντά.

The bike lane is nearby.

Breakdown of Ο ποδηλατόδρομος είναι κοντά.

• είμαι: to be
• κοντά: near
• ο ποδηλατόδρομος: bike lane

Questions & Answers about Ο ποδηλατόδρομος είναι κοντά.

Why is there ο at the beginning?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article, equivalent to the.

So ο ποδηλατόδρομος means the bike lane / the cycle path.

Greek normally uses the article with a specific concrete noun like this. Related basic article forms are:

• ο = masculine
• η = feminine
• το = neuter

What gender and case is ποδηλατόδρομος?

Ποδηλατόδρομος is masculine singular nominative.

• masculine because that is the noun’s grammatical gender
• singular because it refers to one bike lane
• nominative because it is the subject of the sentence

The ending -ος is very common for masculine nouns in the nominative singular, though not every -ος noun is masculine.

Is ποδηλατόδρομος one word, and how is it built?

Yes, it is one compound word.

It is built from:

• ποδήλατο = bicycle
• δρόμος = road, route, way

So ποδηλατόδρομος literally has the idea of a bicycle-road, meaning a cycle path / bike lane. Greek forms many nouns this way.