Breakdown of Ο ανάδοχος μιλάει με τον κτηνίατρο.
Questions & Answers about Ο ανάδοχος μιλάει με τον κτηνίατρο.
A useful approximation is:
o a-NA-tho-hos mi-LA-i me ton kti-NIA-tro
A few sound notes:
- δ in ανάδοχος sounds like th in this
- χ sounds like a rough h/ch, like in Scottish loch
- κτ in κτηνίατρο is pronounced as a cluster: kt
- the written accent shows the stressed syllable:
- ανάδοχος
- μιλάει
- κτηνίατρο
So the stress is on NA, LA, and NIA.
Because they are in different grammatical roles.
- ο ανάδοχος is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative
- τον κτηνίατρο comes after με, and in Modern Greek με takes the accusative
So:
- nominative masculine singular article: ο
- accusative masculine singular article: τον
That is why the sentence uses ο ανάδοχος but τον κτηνίατρο.