Το ρομπότ κινείται αργά.

Το means the.

More specifically, it is the definite article in the neuter singular form. In this sentence, it goes with ρομπότ, so το ρομπότ means the robot.

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, so learners pay a lot more attention to articles in Greek than in English.

Yes. In Greek, ρομπότ is normally treated as a neuter noun, so it takes the neuter article το.

A useful thing to know is that ρομπότ is a loanword, and in the singular it usually stays the same in form. So the article often carries a lot of the grammatical information.

So:

• το ρομπότ = the robot
• the noun itself does not change here

Κινείται means moves or is moving.

It is the 3rd person singular present form of κινούμαι, which means to move or to be moving.

Because the subject is το ρομπότ = the robot, the verb is in the he/she/it form:

• κινείται = it moves / it is moving

This is a very common question.

• κινεί comes from κινώ and usually means moves something or causes something to move
• κινείται comes from κινούμαι and means moves in the sense of itself moving

So:

• Το ρομπότ κινεί το τραπέζι = The robot moves the table
• Το ρομπότ κινείται = The robot moves / is moving

In other words, κινεί is typically transitive here, while κινείται is the form you want when the robot itself is the thing in motion.

Because it uses a middle/passive-style ending, but here the meaning is not really passive in English.

Greek has many verbs that appear in these forms but are translated actively. Κινούμαι is one of them in many everyday uses.

So even though κινείται may look like a passive form to an English speaker, in this sentence it simply means:

• it moves
• it is moving

not it is being moved

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Greek present tense often covers both:

• simple present: it moves
• present continuous: it is moving

So Το ρομπότ κινείται αργά could mean:

• The robot moves slowly
• The robot is moving slowly

If you need to know which one is intended, context usually tells you.

Here, αργά means slowly.

It is an adverb, so it describes how the robot moves.

• κινείται αργά = moves slowly / is moving slowly

Unlike adjectives, adverbs do not change to agree with the noun. So αργά stays the same.

Yes, it can.

That can confuse learners, because αργά may mean:

• slowly
• late

In this sentence, because it goes with a verb of movement, the natural meaning is slowly:

• Το ρομπότ κινείται αργά = The robot is moving slowly

If you said something like Ήρθε αργά, that would usually mean He/She came late.

So the exact meaning depends on context.

No, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

Το ρομπότ κινείται αργά is a very neutral, natural order:

• subject + verb + adverb

But Greek can move things around for emphasis. For example:

• Αργά κινείται το ρομπότ
• Το ρομπότ αργά κινείται

These can be possible in the right context, though the first sentence is the most straightforward and natural for a learner.

Yes, very often.

Greek commonly drops subject pronouns and sometimes even leaves out an explicit subject noun when it is already understood from context.

So:

• Κινείται αργά. = It moves slowly / It is moving slowly.

In your sentence, το ρομπότ is included because the speaker wants to name the subject clearly.

They show which syllable is stressed.

In this sentence:

• ρομπότ → stress on the last syllable
• κινείται → stress on -εί-
• αργά → stress on the last syllable

Accent marks are important in Greek because they tell you how to pronounce the word correctly. English speakers often want to ignore them at first, but they are very useful.

You should learn the dictionary form κινούμαι.

Greek verbs are normally learned in the 1st person singular form, not in the he/she/it form. So:

• dictionary form: κινούμαι = I move / I am moving
• sentence form: κινείται = he/she/it moves / is moving

That helps you recognize and build other forms more easily.