Ο πύργος φαίνεται από μακριά.

Yes. Ο means the and is the masculine singular nominative article.

Greek usually uses the definite article more regularly than English does. So Ο πύργος is literally the tower. In many contexts, Greek prefers to include the article where English might sometimes leave it out.

In this sentence, ο πύργος is the subject of the verb.

Because πύργος is a masculine noun in the nominative singular, which is a very common ending pattern in Greek.

So here:

• ο πύργος = the tower as the subject

If the noun changed role in the sentence, its form might change too. For example, Greek marks grammatical function with case endings more than English does.

Φαίνεται is the 3rd person singular form of φαίνομαι.

This verb is a good example of a Greek verb that looks like a middle/passive form but often has an active-like meaning such as:

• appear
• be visible
• seem

So in this sentence, φαίνεται means something like:

• is visible
• can be seen
• appears

Even though it looks passive in form, you should learn φαίνομαι as its own verb.

Because the idea here is not the tower sees anything, so βλέπει would be wrong.

And while βλέπεται can mean is seen, Greek very often uses φαίνεται for the natural idea of is visible / can be seen / appears.

So:

• βλέπει = sees
• βλέπεται = is seen
• φαίνεται = is visible / appears / can be seen

In a sentence like this, φαίνεται is the most natural choice.

Because the subject is singular: ο πύργος = the tower.

Greek verbs agree with their subject in number and person. Since πύργος is singular, the verb is also singular:

• ο πύργος φαίνεται = the tower is visible

If the subject were plural, the verb would also be plural.

Literally, it means from far away or from a distance.

Breaking it down:

• από = from
• μακριά = far away / afar

Together, από μακριά is a fixed, very common expression meaning:

• from afar
• from far away
• from a distance

Because μακριά here is not being used as an ordinary adjective modifying a noun. It functions more like an adverbial expression meaning afar or far away.

So από μακριά is a set phrase. You should learn it as a whole.

Compare:

• από μακριά = from afar / from far away
• not from the far... in this sentence

Usually that would mean something different.

• φαίνεται από μακριά = it can be seen from far away
• φαίνεται μακριά = more like it looks far away or it appears distant

So από μακριά tells you from where it is visible.
But μακριά by itself can describe distance in a different way.

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings and verb forms already show a lot of the grammar.

The neutral order here is:

• Ο πύργος φαίνεται από μακριά.

But you could also hear:

• Από μακριά φαίνεται ο πύργος.
• Φαίνεται από μακριά ο πύργος.

These alternatives may shift emphasis slightly, but the basic meaning stays the same.

A rough pronunciation is:

FAI-ne-te

More carefully:

• φαί- sounds like feh or fay depending on how narrowly you represent it for learners, but in modern Greek αι is pronounced like e
• -νε- = ne
• -ται at the end is pronounced te

So overall, in modern Greek pronunciation, φαίνεται sounds approximately like:

FE-ne-te

The stress falls on the first syllable: ΦΑΙ-νε-ται.

The accent mark shows which syllable is stressed.

In this sentence:

• πύργος → stress on πύρ-
• φαίνεται → stress on φαί-
• μακριά → stress on the final syllable -ριά

Stress matters in Greek pronunciation, so the accents are important to learn, not optional decorations.

No. Φαίνομαι has a few related meanings, and context decides which one is intended.

Common meanings include:

• be visible
• appear
• seem

Examples:

• Ο πύργος φαίνεται από μακριά. = The tower is visible from afar.
• Φαίνεται κουρασμένος. = He seems tired.

So in your sentence, the meaning is specifically is visible / can be seen.

Often, yes.

Greek φαίνεται by itself does not literally contain a separate word for can, but in English the most natural translation may be:

• The tower can be seen from afar or
• The tower is visible from afar

Both are good translations. English often adds can to sound more natural, even though Greek does not need a separate verb there.