Ο υποβολέας μάς θυμίζει το σύνθημα εισόδου.

A useful breakdown is:

• Ο υποβολέας = the subject, the prompter
• μάς = a weak pronoun, us / to us
• θυμίζει = the verb, reminds
• το σύνθημα εισόδου = the thing being reminded, the login/access password

So the pattern is basically:

subject + clitic pronoun + verb + object

That is a very common Greek sentence pattern.

Because weak object pronouns in Greek usually come before a finite verb.

So Greek says:

• μάς θυμίζει

not normally:

• θυμίζει μάς

This is one of the first big word-order differences English speakers notice. English puts object pronouns after the verb, but Greek clitic pronouns usually go before it.

A few special constructions behave differently, especially imperatives, where the pronoun often goes after:

• Θύμισέ μας = remind us

But in an ordinary statement like your sentence, μάς before the verb is exactly what you expect.

You will often see both μας and μάς in modern writing.

Here the accent on μάς is usually there for clarity or emphasis, especially to show that it is the pronoun us / to us, not the possessive our.

So:

• μας can be written without an accent in many contexts
• μάς may be written to make the meaning clearer

In everyday writing, many people simply write μας. So this is not a different word in meaning; it is mainly an orthographic choice for disambiguation or emphasis.

This is a good question because μας has the same form for more than one case.

With θυμίζω, the person who is being reminded is often expressed with a weak pronoun like:

• μου
• σου
• μας
• σας

So in this sentence, μάς functions like to us / us in English.

The important learner point is not so much memorizing a label first, but recognizing that Greek uses this clitic pronoun naturally with θυμίζω. English says reminds us, and Greek says μάς θυμίζει.

Because the subject is singular:

• Ο υποβολέας = the prompter = he/it

So the verb must be 3rd person singular present:

• θυμίζω = I remind
• θυμίζεις = you remind
• θυμίζει = he/she/it reminds

That -ει ending is the normal present-tense ending here for he/she/it.

Because Greek normally uses definite articles with nouns much more regularly than English.

Here:

• ο υποβολέας = the subject noun phrase
• το σύνθημα εισόδου = the object noun phrase

So each noun phrase gets its own article.

English may sometimes drop the where Greek keeps it, but in this sentence the articles are completely normal and expected.

• υποβολέας is masculine singular nominative

  • it is the subject
  • that is why it appears with ο

• σύνθημα is neuter singular accusative

  • it is the direct object
  • that is why it appears with το

A useful shortcut:

• ο often marks a masculine singular subject noun
• το often marks a neuter singular noun

Also, σύνθημα is one of those neuter nouns ending in -μα, which are very common in Greek.

Because εισόδου is the genitive form of είσοδος.

Greek very often uses the genitive after a noun to mean something like:

• of
• for
• related to

So:

• σύνθημα εισόδου literally means something like password of entry / login password

This is a very common Greek structure. English often uses a noun directly before another noun, but Greek often prefers:

• noun + genitive

Other similar patterns are very common in Greek vocabulary.

Yes, depending on context.

The word σύνθημα can mean things like:

• slogan
• watchword
• password
• passphrase

So by itself it is a broader word than English password. But once you add εισόδου, the meaning becomes much more specific: it is the password or passphrase used for entry/login/access.

So this is a good example of how context narrows the meaning of a Greek word.

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The version you have:

• Ο υποβολέας μάς θυμίζει το σύνθημα εισόδου.

is a very neutral, natural order.

But Greek can move elements around for emphasis. For example, you might put το σύνθημα εισόδου earlier if that is what you want to highlight.

Even so, the clitic pronoun μάς normally still stays before the finite verb.

So the sentence you have is probably the best one to learn as the default pattern.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

o ee-po-vo-leh-AS mas thee-MEE-zee to SEEN-thee-ma ee-SO-thoo

A few sound notes:

• υ here sounds like ee
• β sounds like v
• θ sounds like English th in think
• δ in εισόδου sounds like English th in this
• the stressed syllables are:
  • υποβολέας
  • θυμίζει
  • σύνθημα
  • εισόδου

If you say the stressed syllables clearly, the whole sentence will sound much more natural.