Εκεί ο δικηγόρος σου εξηγεί τον νόμο και σε βοηθάει να είσαι ασφαλής.

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Breakdown of Εκεί ο δικηγόρος σου εξηγεί τον νόμο και σε βοηθάει να είσαι ασφαλής.

• και: and
• να: to
• σου: your

Questions & Answers about Εκεί ο δικηγόρος σου εξηγεί τον νόμο και σε βοηθάει να είσαι ασφαλής.

What exactly does Εκεί mean here? Is it just “there”, and why is it at the beginning?

Εκεί is an adverb meaning there (in that place).

In this sentence, putting Εκεί at the beginning gives a bit of emphasis to the location, like:

• Εκεί ο δικηγόρος σου… → There, your lawyer…

It can be:

• a physical place already known from context (e.g. “At that office, your lawyer explains the law…”), or
• sometimes more abstract, like “in that situation / in that context”, depending on what has been said before.

Greek often puts adverbs like εκεί at the start of the sentence to set the scene. Word order is more flexible than in English, so Εκεί at the start is very natural and not especially marked.

Why do we say ο δικηγόρος σου with the article ο? In English we often just say “your lawyer” without “the”.

In Greek, a singular, countable noun almost always needs a definite or indefinite article:

• ο δικηγόρος = the lawyer
• ένας δικηγόρος = a lawyer

When you add a possessive like σου (your), you still keep the article:

• ο δικηγόρος σου = your lawyer (literally: the lawyer of-you)

In English, we can say:

• “your lawyer” (no article)

But in Greek, saying just δικηγόρος σου (without ο) would sound incomplete or wrong in normal speech. So the article ο is required here.

Why is σου after the noun (δικηγόρος σου) instead of before it like in English (“your lawyer”)?