Ο ιατρικός φάκελος είναι εδώ.

The medical record is here.

Breakdown of Ο ιατρικός φάκελος είναι εδώ.

• είμαι: to be
• εδώ: here
• ο ιατρικός φάκελος: medical record; medical file

Questions & Answers about Ο ιατρικός φάκελος είναι εδώ.

Why does the sentence start with Ο?

Ο is the definite article meaning the.

In this sentence, ο is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative (the case used for the subject of the sentence)

It matches φάκελος because φάκελος is a masculine singular noun.

So:

• ο φάκελος = the file / the folder

Because English the does not change, this is something English speakers often need to get used to in Greek.

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Why is it ιατρικός φάκελος and not just one word?

Greek often uses an adjective + noun structure just like English.

Here:

• ιατρικός = medical
• φάκελος = file / folder / record

So ιατρικός φάκελος literally means medical file or medical record.

The adjective ιατρικός describes what kind of file it is.

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Why does ιατρικός end in -ος?