Ο πατέρας μου λέει ότι θα πάει σίγουρα να ψηφίσει, γιατί θέλει δήμαρχο που να είναι ειλικρινής.

My father says that he will definitely go to vote, because he wants a mayor who is honest.

Breakdown of Ο πατέρας μου λέει ότι θα πάει σίγουρα να ψηφίσει, γιατί θέλει δήμαρχο που να είναι ειλικρινής.

• είμαι: to be
• θέλω: to want
• πάω: to go
• να: to

Questions & Answers about Ο πατέρας μου λέει ότι θα πάει σίγουρα να ψηφίσει, γιατί θέλει δήμαρχο που να είναι ειλικρινής.

In Ο πατέρας μου, what does μου mean, and why does it come after πατέρας?

Μου here is the weak (clitic) possessive pronoun meaning my.

• Ο πατέρας μου literally is the father of-me, i.e. my father.
• In Greek, these weak possessive pronouns usually go after the noun:
  
  • το σπίτι μου = my house
  • η μητέρα σου = your mother

You could also say ο δικός μου πατέρας, but that adds emphasis (my father in particular, as opposed to someone else’s father). In neutral speech, ο πατέρας μου is the normal form.

What is the difference between ότι here and ό,τι or πως?

In this sentence, λέει ότι θα πάει..., the word ότι is a conjunction meaning that, introducing a reported statement.

• ότι (without comma) = that (he says that he will go).

• πως can often replace ότι in this use:

  • λέει ότι θα πάει ≈ λέει πως θα πάει.
    They are usually interchangeable in modern spoken Greek, with only small stylistic differences.

• ό,τι (with comma) is completely different: it means whatever / anything that.

  • Κάνε ό,τι θέλεις = Do whatever you want.

So here it must be ότι = that, not ό,τι.

Why is it θα πάει and not just or ?