Ο παραβάτης μιλάει με τη δημοτική αστυνομία.

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

• Ο παραβάτης = the offender / the violator

In Greek, articles are used very often, and they have to match the noun in gender, number, and case.

Παραβάτης means offender, violator, or person who has broken a rule/law.

It is a fairly formal word, often used in legal, administrative, or police-related contexts. For example, it could refer to:

• a traffic offender
• someone breaking regulations
• someone violating the law

So it sounds more official than a casual word like guy who did something wrong.

In Modern Greek, the present tense often covers both:

• a general/habitual meaning: speaks
• a current ongoing meaning: is speaking / is talking

So Ο παραβάτης μιλάει με τη δημοτική αστυνομία could mean:

• The offender speaks with the municipal police
• The offender is speaking with the municipal police

The exact meaning depends on context.

Both are correct.

For the verb μιλάω / μιλώ (to speak / to talk), the 3rd person singular can be:

• μιλάει
• μιλά

So these are both natural:

• Ο παραβάτης μιλάει με τη δημοτική αστυνομία.
• Ο παραβάτης μιλά με τη δημοτική αστυνομία.

μιλάει is very common in everyday speech and writing.

Here με means with.

So:

• μιλάει με... = speaks/talks with...

In some contexts, English might prefer to, but Greek often uses με when talking about speaking with someone.

Example:

• Μιλάω με τον φίλο μου. = I’m talking with / to my friend.

Because με is followed by the accusative case in Modern Greek.

The noun αστυνομία is:

• feminine
• singular

So the article must also be feminine singular accusative:

• η αστυνομία = nominative
• την αστυνομία = accusative

In this sentence, τη is a shortened everyday form of την before a consonant:

• τη δημοτική αστυνομία
• full form: την δημοτική αστυνομία

Both are understood, but τη is very common in normal usage.

Δημοτική means municipal.

It has this form because it must agree with αστυνομία in:

• gender: feminine
• number: singular
• case: accusative

So:

• δημοτικός = masculine
• δημοτική = feminine
• δημοτικό = neuter

Since αστυνομία is feminine, the adjective is also feminine:

• η δημοτική αστυνομία = the municipal police

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

So although English uses police, which looks plural, Greek uses a singular feminine noun:

• η αστυνομία
• τη δημοτική αστυνομία

This is normal Greek usage.

Yes. Δημοτική αστυνομία means municipal police, meaning police services connected to a municipality or local authority.

So it is not just any police force in general; it specifically refers to the local/municipal police.

Because Greek uses different structures from English.

In English, we often say:

• talk to someone
• speak to someone
• talk with someone

Greek commonly uses:

• μιλάω με κάποιον = talk/speak with someone

So Greek does not need a separate word matching English to here.

It is pronounced roughly like mee-LA-ee.

A few pronunciation notes:

• μ = m
• ι = ee
• the stress is on λά
• ει is pronounced like ee

So μιλάει has three spoken vowel sounds for many speakers: mee-LA-ee.

You may also hear it more smoothly in fast speech.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

O para-VA-tis mee-LA-ee me ti thee-mo-TI-ki a-stee-no-MI-a

A few helpful points:

• Ο = o
• παραβάτης has stress on βά
• δημοτική has stress on κή
• αστυνομία has stress on the last syllable -α

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Even though Greek uses με (with), in English the best translation in context may be:

• The offender is talking to the municipal police
• The offender is speaking with the municipal police

Both work.

Yes.

Greek usually keeps the article in places where English might sometimes omit it.

So:

• Ο παραβάτης = the offender
• τη δημοτική αστυνομία = the municipal police

Leaving out the articles would usually make the sentence sound less natural or change the meaning.

Not completely. Greek word order is more flexible than English, because case endings and articles help show each word’s role.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Ο παραβάτης μιλάει με τη δημοτική αστυνομία.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Με τη δημοτική αστυνομία μιλάει ο παραβάτης.

That version is more marked and would usually emphasize with the municipal police.