Ο ανακλαστήρας είναι κόκκινος.

The reflector is red.

Breakdown of Ο ανακλαστήρας είναι κόκκινος.

• είμαι: to be
• κόκκινος: red
• ο ανακλαστήρας: reflector

Questions & Answers about Ο ανακλαστήρας είναι κόκκινος.

What is ο doing at the beginning of the sentence?

Ο is the definite article in Greek, meaning the.

In this sentence, ο ανακλαστήρας means the reflector.

A few useful details:

• ο = masculine singular nominative the
• It matches the noun ανακλαστήρας, which is a masculine singular noun
• At the start of a sentence it is written Ο, but otherwise it would normally be lowercase: ο

Greek articles change according to gender, number, and case, much more than English the does.

Why is ανακλαστήρας ending in -ας?

The ending -ας is a very common ending for a masculine noun in Greek.

So ανακλαστήρας is a masculine singular noun, and here it is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

That is why the article is also masculine nominative singular: ο ανακλαστήρας.

What case is ανακλαστήρας, and how can I tell?