Questions & Answers about Από το μπαλκόνι βλέπω τον κήπο και νιώθω πιο χαλαρός.
Από literally means from and here it shows the point of view or origin of the action:
Από το μπαλκόνι βλέπω… = From the balcony I see…
You could also say Στο μπαλκόνι βλέπω τον κήπο, which is more like On the balcony I see the garden, focusing more on where you are rather than the vantage point.
In normal, natural Greek for “From the balcony I see…”, Από το μπαλκόνι is the default choice.
In Greek, definite articles (ο, η, το, οι, τα etc.) are used much more than in English. You normally need them with:
- Specific things: το μπαλκόνι (the balcony of this house)
- Concrete objects: τον κήπο (the garden you’re looking at)
Leaving the articles out (Από μπαλκόνι βλέπω κήπο) sounds unnatural and almost “telegraphic” in modern Greek.
So in most everyday sentences, if English has “the”, Greek definitely has an article; and often Greek keeps the article even when English might drop it.