Learn Hardcore Greek: Μερικές φορές η διαφήμιση στην τηλεόραση κάνει την οικονομία να φαίνεται σαν να μην υπάρχει κρίση. - Sometimes the advertisement on television makes the economy look as if there were no crisis.

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Μερικές φορές η διαφήμιση στην τηλεόραση κάνει την οικονομία να φαίνεται σαν να μην υπάρχει κρίση.

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Sometimes the advertisement on television makes the economy look as if there were no crisis.

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Breakdown of Μερικές φορές η διαφήμιση στην τηλεόραση κάνει την οικονομία να φαίνεται σαν να μην υπάρχει κρίση.

Why does the sentence start with Μερικές φορές? Could it also go somewhere else in the sentence?

Μερικές φορές means sometimes or at times. Putting it at the beginning:

is a common way to set the scene and emphasize that what follows does not always happen, only occasionally.

You can move it later in the sentence, for example:

All of these are grammatical. The main difference is emphasis and rhythm:

At the beginning, Μερικές φορές sets the time/frequency frame very clearly.
In the middle, the focus feels a bit more on η διαφήμιση στην τηλεόραση, with μερικές φορές just modifying it.

So the position is flexible, but sentence‑initial is probably the most neutral and natural choice here.

Why is η διαφήμιση singular and with the article η if the meaning is more like “advertising” in general?

In Greek, the definite article is often used when English would use no article at all, especially for:

Here η διαφήμιση means advertising as a general phenomenon, not one specific ad. This is normal in Greek: