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Questions & Answers about Η επιτροπή συναντιέται αύριο.
What does Η mean here?
Η is the feminine singular definite article, so it means the.
It matches επιτροπή, which is a feminine singular noun:
- η επιτροπή = the committee
It is capitalized here only because it is the first word of the sentence.
Why is επιτροπή feminine?
In Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Επιτροπή is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine article η.
This is grammatical gender, not biological gender. Even though a committee is made up of people of any gender, the word επιτροπή itself is simply feminine as a noun.
Why is the verb συναντιέται singular if a committee has several people in it?
Because η επιτροπή is grammatically singular.
Greek verbs agree with the grammatical number of the subject:
- η επιτροπή = singular
- συναντιέται = 3rd person singular
So Greek treats the committee here as one unit, just as English often does in The committee is meeting tomorrow.
What form is συναντιέται?