Το ύφασμα ξεθωριάζει.

The fabric is fading.

Breakdown of Το ύφασμα ξεθωριάζει.

• το ύφασμα: fabric
• ξεθωριάζω: to fade

Questions & Answers about Το ύφασμα ξεθωριάζει.

What is το doing in this sentence?

Το is the definite article, meaning the.

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case. Here, το is:

• neuter
• singular
• nominative (because it goes with the subject)

It matches ύφασμα, so το ύφασμα means the fabric or the cloth.

Why is ύφασμα neuter?

In Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Ύφασμα happens to be a neuter noun, so it takes the neuter article το.

This is grammatical gender, not biological sex. Many inanimate objects are neuter in Greek.

What case is ύφασμα in here?

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

So in Το ύφασμα ξεθωριάζει, the subject is το ύφασμα = the fabric.

What tense is ξεθωριάζει?