Το παιδί έδειξε ταλέντο νωρίς.

The child showed talent early.

Breakdown of Το παιδί έδειξε ταλέντο νωρίς.

• νωρίς: early
• το παιδί: the child
• δείχνω: to show
• το ταλέντο: talent

Questions & Answers about Το παιδί έδειξε ταλέντο νωρίς.

Why is παιδί neuter? Doesn’t the child refer to a boy or a girl?

Yes, παιδί means child, and in Greek it is grammatically neuter no matter whether the child is a boy or a girl.

So:

• το παιδί = the child
• the article το is neuter singular
• the noun παιδί is also neuter singular

This is a very common thing in Greek: grammatical gender does not always match biological sex.

What case is το παιδί in here?

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the one doing the action.

In Το παιδί έδειξε ταλέντο νωρίς, the child is the one who showed something, so το παιδί is nominative.

What form is έδειξε?

Έδειξε is the aorist (simple past/perfective past) form of the verb δείχνω (to show).

Here it is:

• δείχνω = I show / I am showing
• έδειξε = he/she/it showed

So το παιδί έδειξε means the child showed.

The aorist is used here because the sentence presents the action as a complete event or fact.