Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα.

to arrive

Breakdown of Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα.

• γρήγορα: quickly
• το ασθενοφόρο: ambulance

Questions & Answers about Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα.

Why is there a το at the beginning?

Το is the definite article, meaning the.

In this sentence, το ασθενοφόρο means the ambulance. Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, so you cannot use just one form for every noun the way English uses the.

Here, ασθενοφόρο is a neuter singular noun, so the article is το.

What gender is ασθενοφόρο, and does that matter?

Ασθενοφόρο is neuter.

Yes, that matters, because in Greek the article and sometimes adjectives must agree with the noun’s gender, number, and case. That is why you get:

• το ασθενοφόρο = the ambulance

Even though an ambulance is not biologically male or female, Greek nouns still have grammatical gender.

Is ασθενοφόρο the subject of the sentence?

Yes. In Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα, the subject is το ασθενοφόρο = the ambulance.

The verb έφτασε means arrived, and since it is 3rd person singular, it matches a singular subject: the ambulance.

What tense is έφτασε?