Ο λιμενικός κάνει την ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης.

Ο λιμενικός usually means the port officer, the harbor police officer, or the coast guard officer, depending on context.

A useful thing to know is that λιμενικός originally functions like an adjective meaning port-related or of the harbor, but in everyday Greek it is also used as a noun for a person working in the port/coast guard service.

So in this sentence, it refers to the officer/person in charge at the port.

Ο is the masculine singular nominative definite article, so it means the.

It tells you that λιμενικός is:

• masculine
• singular
• the subject of the sentence

So:

• ο λιμενικός = the port officer

Κάνει comes from the verb κάνω, which usually means do or make.

Here, Greek uses κάνω with ανακοίνωση in a way that means:

• make an announcement
• or more naturally in English, give an announcement

So κάνει την ανακοίνωση means makes/gives the announcement.

Κάνει is present tense, 3rd person singular.

So it can mean:

• he/she does
• he/she is doing
• he/she makes
• he/she is making

Which English version sounds best depends on context. In this sentence, a natural translation is something like:

• The port officer makes the boarding announcement
• or The port officer is making the boarding announcement

Because την ανακοίνωση is the direct object of the verb κάνει.

The verb is doing something to the announcement, so Greek puts ανακοίνωση in the accusative case.

• την = feminine singular accusative the
• ανακοίνωση = announcement

So:

• κάνει την ανακοίνωση = makes the announcement

Good question. Some feminine nouns in Greek have the same form in the nominative and accusative singular.

That is what happens with η ανακοίνωση.

So you get:

• η ανακοίνωση = the announcement (subject form / nominative)
• την ανακοίνωση = the announcement (object form / accusative)

The article changes clearly:

• η → nominative
• την → accusative

But the noun itself stays ανακοίνωση.

Επιβίβασης comes from the noun η επιβίβαση, which means boarding or embarkation.

Here it is in the genitive singular form:

• η επιβίβαση = boarding
• της επιβίβασης = of boarding

So ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης literally means:

• announcement of boarding

And in natural English:

• boarding announcement

Greek often uses the genitive to show a relationship like of.

So:

• ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης = announcement of boarding

This is very common in Greek. The second noun explains what kind of announcement it is.

Compare:

• ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης = boarding announcement
• literally, announcement of boarding

Because in Greek, a structure like noun + genitive noun often works without a second article when it describes a type or category.

So:

• την ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης = the boarding announcement

If you said την ανακοίνωση της επιβίβασης, that would sound more like:

• the announcement of the boarding

That version is more specific and heavier. In many everyday cases, Greek prefers the shorter form without the second article.

Not quite literally. A very literal breakdown is:

• Ο = the
• λιμενικός = port officer / coast guard officer
• κάνει = makes / is making
• την ανακοίνωση = the announcement
• επιβίβασης = of boarding

So the full literal meaning is:

• The port officer makes the announcement of boarding

Natural English turns that into:

• The port officer makes the boarding announcement
• or The coast guard officer is making the boarding announcement

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English word order because case endings and articles help show each word’s role.

The neutral order here is:

• Ο λιμενικός κάνει την ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης.

But Greek can move things around for emphasis. For example, you might see:

• Την ανακοίνωση επιβίβασης την κάνει ο λιμενικός.

That gives extra emphasis to the boarding announcement.

So the basic meaning stays the same, but the focus can shift.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

o li-me-ni-KOS KA-ni tin a-na-KI-no-si e-pi-VI-va-sis

Stress falls on:

• λιμενικός
• κάνει
• ανακοίνωση
• επιβίβασης

If you want to sound natural, keep the stressed syllables clear and shorter unstressed syllables lighter.