Εδώ επιτρέπεται να πληρώσεις με κάρτα ή με μετρητά.

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Breakdown of Εδώ επιτρέπεται να πληρώσεις με κάρτα ή με μετρητά.

• εδώ: here
• να: to
• με: with

Questions & Answers about Εδώ επιτρέπεται να πληρώσεις με κάρτα ή με μετρητά.

In Εδώ επιτρέπεται να πληρώσεις…, what does επιτρέπεται literally mean, and what form of the verb is it?

Επιτρέπεται is:

• the 3rd person singular, present tense, passive form of the verb επιτρέπω (I allow / I permit).
• Literally it means it is allowed or is permitted.

So Εδώ επιτρέπεται… literally corresponds to Here it is allowed…, just like English uses an impersonal it in It is allowed to pay here. Greek simply drops the it and uses the passive verb alone.

If επιτρέπεται already means it is allowed, why do we need να πληρώσεις after it?

Επιτρέπεται by itself only says something is allowed, but not what:

• Εδώ επιτρέπεται… = Here it is allowed… (but what is allowed?)

The part να πληρώσεις (to pay) tells you what action is allowed.
Greek normally expresses to do something after verbs like επιτρέπεται, πρέπει, θέλω, etc., using:

να + subjunctive verb

So:

• επιτρέπεται = it is allowed
• να πληρώσεις = to pay (you pay)
• επιτρέπεται να πληρώσεις = it is allowed (for you) to pay

What exactly is να πληρώσεις? What is να, and what form is πληρώσεις?