Συνήθως δέχομαι όλες τις προσκλήσεις της, γιατί περνάμε καλά μαζί.

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Breakdown of Συνήθως δέχομαι όλες τις προσκλήσεις της, γιατί περνάμε καλά μαζί.

• γιατί: because
• συνήθως: usually
• της: her

Questions & Answers about Συνήθως δέχομαι όλες τις προσκλήσεις της, γιατί περνάμε καλά μαζί.

Why is there no subject pronoun like εγώ in Συνήθως δέχομαι όλες τις προσκλήσεις της…?

In Greek the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• δέχομαι is 1st person singular (I), present tense.
• So the sentence naturally means “(I) usually accept…” even without εγώ.

You add εγώ only for emphasis or contrast, for example:

• Εγώ συνήθως δέχομαι όλες τις προσκλήσεις της, αλλά ο αδελφός μου όχι.
  – I usually accept all her invitations, but my brother doesn’t.

Without such emphasis, Greek normally drops the subject pronoun.

What kind of verb is δέχομαι, and why does it end in -ομαι instead of -ω?

δέχομαι is in the middle/passive voice (sometimes called “deponent” in older grammar terms).

• Active verbs typically end in -ω in the 1st person singular (e.g. παίρνω, κάνω, γράφω).
• Middle/passive verbs in the present typically end in -ομαι in the 1st person singular (e.g. έρχομαι, θυμάμαι, δέχομαι).

In modern Greek, many verbs are simply always used in the middle/passive form even when the meaning is active in English.

• δέχομαι = I accept (even though grammatically it’s middle/passive).

There is an active form δέχω, but it is archaic/rare in everyday modern speech. For normal use, you just learn δέχομαι as the standard verb “to accept.”

What is the role of συνήθως, and is its position at the beginning of the sentence fixed?