Η κλινική είναι κοντά.

No. Η is a Greek letter, called eta, and in Modern Greek it is pronounced ee /i/, not like English h.

In this sentence, Η is also the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• Η κλινική = the clinic

A rough pronunciation of Η here is ee.

Greek articles change according to gender, number, and case.

Here, κλινική is a feminine singular noun, so the article is η.

Some basic singular definite articles are:

• ο = the for masculine nouns
• η = the for feminine nouns
• το = the for neuter nouns

So Greek learners need to learn nouns together with their gender. Since κλινική is feminine, it takes η in the nominative singular.

κλινική is a feminine singular noun meaning clinic.

In this sentence it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence:

• Η κλινική = the clinic

The ending -ή is common in some feminine nouns, but you should not assume every noun ending in -η or -ή works exactly the same way. Still, here it is a straightforward feminine noun.

είναι means is here. It is the present-tense form of to be.

So the sentence structure is:

• Η κλινική = the clinic
• είναι = is
• κοντά = near / nearby / close

A useful thing to know: είναι is the same form for he/she/it is and also they are, depending on context.

Examples:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά. = The clinic is nearby.
• Οι κλινικές είναι κοντά. = The clinics are nearby.

Because the subject is already stated: Η κλινική = the clinic.

English sometimes uses a pronoun where Greek may not need one, but in this sentence there is no need for it, because the noun itself is the subject.

Greek often omits subject pronouns when they are not needed, but here the sentence is not missing anything. It already has a full subject:

• Η κλινική = the clinic

So Η κλινική είναι κοντά is complete exactly as it is.

Here κοντά means near, close, or nearby.

In this sentence, it means that the clinic is not far away:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά. = The clinic is near / close / nearby.

A useful distinction:

• κοντά by itself can mean nearby
• κοντά σε... means near ...

For example:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά. = The clinic is nearby.
• Η κλινική είναι κοντά στο ξενοδοχείο. = The clinic is near the hotel.

Learners often notice that κοντά behaves a bit differently from a typical adjective.

In sentences like this, it is often best understood as an adverbial/predicative word meaning nearby or close. The important practical point is that it does not change form here to match the noun.

So you say:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά.
• Το φαρμακείο είναι κοντά.
• Οι γιατροί είναι κοντά.

In all of these, κοντά stays κοντά.

For a beginner, the safest approach is: learn κοντά as a fixed word meaning near / nearby / close.

You would usually add κοντά σε plus the noun.

A very common form is:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά στο ξενοδοχείο.

Here:

• στο = σε + το = at/to/in the
• after κοντά, Greek very often uses this structure to mean near the hotel

You may also see:

• κοντά σε ένα ξενοδοχείο = near a hotel
• κοντά στο κέντρο = near the center

So:

• κοντά = nearby
• κοντά σε / κοντά στο / κοντά στην = near something

Yes, Greek word order is often more flexible than English, although the most neutral order here is:

• Η κλινική είναι κοντά.

That is the standard, simple way to say it.

But other orders can appear for emphasis, for example:

• Κοντά είναι η κλινική.

This sounds more marked or emphatic, as if you are stressing nearby.

For a learner, the safest default is:

• subject + είναι + κοντά

A rough pronunciation is:

• ee kli-nee-KEE EE-ne kon-DA

More closely:

• Η = ee
• κλινική = klee-nee-KEE
• είναι = EE-ne or EE-nay, depending on how finely you want to represent it
• κοντά = kon-DA

The stressed syllables are marked by the written accents:

• κλινική
• είναι
• κοντά

So the stress pattern is important when speaking.

Yes. In Modern Greek, accent marks show which syllable is stressed, and stress matters for correct pronunciation.

In this sentence:

• κλινική → stress on the last syllable
• είναι → stress on the first syllable
• κοντά → stress on the last syllable

If you ignore the accents, people may still understand you in writing, but for learning and pronunciation they are very important.

So it is a good habit to learn the words with their accents:

• η
• κλινική
• είναι
• κοντά