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Greek almost always uses a definite article where English might either use the or no article at all.
- η παραγγελία = the order
- η πίτσα = the pizza
Reasons:
- Greek nouns normally need an article (definite or indefinite) in concrete, specific statements. Leaving the article out often sounds either poetic, telegraphic, or wrong.
- Here both παραγγελία and πίτσα are specific things that both speaker and listener can identify (the order you placed, the pizza that arrived), so the definite article η is natural.
So η is there because:
- παραγγελία and πίτσα are specific,
- both are feminine singular nouns in the nominative, and η is the corresponding article:
- Feminine nominative singular definite article: η.