Ο σκελετός είναι ελαφρύς.

to be

Breakdown of Ο σκελετός είναι ελαφρύς.

• ελαφρύς: light
• ο σκελετός: frame

Questions & Answers about Ο σκελετός είναι ελαφρύς.

What does ο mean, and why is it used here?

Ο means the. It is the masculine singular nominative form of the definite article.

It is used here because σκελετός is:

• masculine
• singular
• the subject of the sentence

So ο σκελετός = the skeleton.

Why is σκελετός masculine? Skeletons are not male.

In Greek, grammatical gender is not the same thing as biological sex.

Σκελετός is grammatically masculine, so it takes:

• the masculine article ο
• masculine adjective forms such as ελαφρύς

This does not mean the skeleton is male. It is just how the noun behaves grammatically.

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