Η αστυνομία βρήκε τον ύποπτο.

Word by word:

• Η = the (feminine singular nominative)
• αστυνομία = police
• βρήκε = found
• τον = the (masculine singular accusative)
• ύποπτο = suspect

So the structure is literally The police found the suspect.

In Greek, η αστυνομία is a singular feminine noun meaning the police as an institution or body.

So Greek says:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε... = literally The police found...

Even though English police often behaves like a plural idea, Greek αστυνομία is grammatically singular, so the verb is also singular:

• βρήκε = he/she/it found

If you wanted to talk about individual police officers, you could say:

• Οι αστυνομικοί βρήκαν τον ύποπτο. = The police officers found the suspect.

There, both the subject and the verb are plural.

Greek definite articles change for gender, number, and case.

Here, αστυνομία is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative (because it is the subject)

So the correct article is η.

Very roughly:

• ο = masculine singular nominative
• η = feminine singular nominative
• το = neuter singular nominative

Since αστυνομία is feminine, it takes η.

Because τον ύποπτο is the direct object of the verb βρήκε.

Greek marks direct objects with the accusative case. So:

• nominative: ο ύποπτος = the suspect (as subject)
• accusative: τον ύποπτο = the suspect (as object)

In this sentence:

• Η αστυνομία = the subject
• βρήκε = the verb
• τον ύποπτο = the object

So the accusative is required.

Originally, ύποπτος is an adjective meaning suspect / suspicious.

But in this sentence it is being used like a noun, meaning the suspect. This is very common in Greek, just as in English we can say things like the rich, the poor, or the accused.

So:

• ύποπτος άνθρωπος = a suspicious person / a suspect person
• ο ύποπτος = the suspect

In your sentence, τον ύποπτο means the suspect.

βρήκε is the aorist form, which here means found.

Its dictionary form is:

• βρίσκω = I find

So:

• βρίσκω = I find / I am finding
• βρήκα = I found
• βρήκε = he/she/it found

Because the subject η αστυνομία is grammatically singular, the verb is in the third person singular.

Because Greek often packs that information into the verb form itself.

In English, we may use:

• found
• did find
• has found

In Greek, the simple past idea here is already expressed by βρήκε.

So βρήκε by itself means found. You do not need an extra word like English did.

If you wanted has found, Greek would normally use a different construction, for example:

• έχει βρει = has found

But your sentence uses the simple past: βρήκε.

A simple approximation:

• βρήκε ≈ VREE-keh
• ύποπτο ≈ EE-pop-to

A few useful points:

• β in Modern Greek is pronounced like v, not like English b
• ή shows the stress: βΡΗκε
• ύ shows the stress: Υποπτο
• πτ is pronounced clearly, though in fast speech it may sound a bit smoother

And the full sentence is approximately:

• ee a-sti-no-MEE-a VREE-ke ton EE-pop-to

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings help show who is doing what.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε τον ύποπτο.

But Greek can also move things around for emphasis, for example:

• Τον ύποπτο βρήκε η αστυνομία.
• Βρήκε η αστυνομία τον ύποπτο.

These still mean roughly The police found the suspect, but the emphasis changes.

English usually depends much more heavily on word order, while Greek can rely more on forms like η αστυνομία and τον ύποπτο.

Not as written. Τον ύποπτο is masculine singular accusative, so it refers to a male suspect or to a person treated grammatically as masculine.

For a female suspect, you would say:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε την ύποπτη.

Compare:

• τον ύποπτο = the male suspect
• την ύποπτη = the female suspect

So Greek makes the gender explicit here.

Because Greek uses the definite article very regularly.

In this sentence, both nouns are definite:

• η αστυνομία = the police
• τον ύποπτο = the suspect

That means we are talking about specific, identifiable referents.

Greek often uses the article in places where English also does, and sometimes in places where English would leave it out. In this sentence, though, the match with English is straightforward.

Yes, it would change.

For the police found the suspect, you have:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε τον ύποπτο.

For the police found a suspect, you would say:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε έναν ύποπτο.

For police found a suspect in a more general or headline-like style, Greek might use a different structure depending on context, but normally Greek still likes an article with a normal subject noun. Very often, the most natural sentence would still include it:

• Η αστυνομία βρήκε έναν ύποπτο.

So yes, Greek distinguishes the suspect and a suspect clearly through the article:

• τον ύποπτο = the suspect
• έναν ύποπτο = a suspect