Το μπλέντερ είναι πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα.

Το is the definite article, meaning the.

Greek usually uses the article more consistently than English, especially with ordinary nouns. So Το μπλέντερ means the blender.

Also, μπλέντερ is treated as a neuter noun here, so it takes the neuter singular article το.

Yes, μπλέντερ is a loanword from English blender, written in Greek letters.

A few useful letter combinations here:

• μπ = usually sounds like b
• λέ = le
• ντερ = nder

So μπλέντερ sounds roughly like BLEN-der.

Loanwords like this are very common in Modern Greek.

είναι means is or are.

It is the 3rd person singular/plural form of the verb to be in Modern Greek.

So here:

• Το μπλέντερ είναι... = The blender is...

Greek does not usually leave out είναι in sentences like this, so it works much like English is.

This means on the counter or more literally on top of the counter.

It breaks down like this:

• πάνω = above / on top
• σε = on / at / in / to
• τον πάγκο = the counter

Very often, σε + τον combines into στον.

So:

• πάνω σε τον πάγκο → πάνω στον πάγκο

This is completely normal and very common in Greek.

πάγκο is in the accusative singular.

The dictionary form is:

• ο πάγκος = the counter

After the preposition σε (including in combinations like πάνω σε), Greek normally uses the accusative.

So:

• nominative: ο πάγκος
• accusative: τον πάγκο

And with contraction:

• σε τον πάγκο → στον πάγκο

Because πάγκος is a masculine noun.

The article forms are:

• masculine accusative: τον
• feminine accusative: την
• neuter accusative: το

Since πάγκος is masculine, you need:

• σε + τον → στον

If it were a neuter noun, then you would get στο instead.

It means next to the coffee maker.

Breakdown:

• δίπλα = next to / beside
• σε = to / at
• την καφετιέρα = the coffee maker

Again, σε + την becomes στην.

So:

• δίπλα σε την καφετιέρα → δίπλα στην καφετιέρα

In natural Greek, δίπλα is very commonly used with σε in this way.

Because καφετιέρα is a feminine noun.

Its basic form is:

• η καφετιέρα = the coffee maker

After σε, it goes into the accusative:

• την καφετιέρα

And then:

• σε την καφετιέρα → στην καφετιέρα

So the pattern is parallel to στον πάγκο, but feminine instead of masculine.

Yes, in normal Greek you do.

English often says things like on the counter, next to the coffee maker, and Greek also uses the definite articles naturally here.

So the full phrase sounds normal as:

• πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα

Leaving out the articles would usually sound unnatural in this sentence.

Yes, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

The sentence as given is the most straightforward and neutral:

• Το μπλέντερ είναι πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Πάνω στον πάγκο, δίπλα στην καφετιέρα, είναι το μπλέντερ.
• Το μπλέντερ είναι δίπλα στην καφετιέρα, πάνω στον πάγκο.

These can slightly change what is emphasized, but the basic meaning stays the same.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Το μπλέντερ = toh BLEN-der
• είναι = EE-ne
• πάνω = PA-no
• στον πάγκο = ston PANG-ko
• δίπλα = THEE-pla
• στην καφετιέρα = steen ka-fe-TYE-ra

A few helpful notes:

• μπ at the start of a word usually sounds like b
• αι in είναι sounds like e
• γκ in πάγκο sounds like g
• δ in Modern Greek sounds like the th in this
• θ would be the th in think, but that letter does not appear here

The accent mark shows which syllable is stressed.

For example:

• μπλέντερ → stress on μπλέ
• είναι → stress on εί
• πάνω → stress on πά
• δίπλα → stress on δί
• καφετιέρα → stress on έ

Stress matters in Greek pronunciation, so the accent marks are important and should be learned as part of the word.

No, but it is a very natural way.

πάνω στον πάγκο specifically emphasizes on top of the counter.

Depending on context, Greeks might also say things like:

• στον πάγκο = on the counter / at the counter
• επάνω στον πάγκο = on top of the counter (a bit more formal or emphatic)

So πάνω στον πάγκο is a very good everyday phrase to learn.

The dictionary forms are:

• το μπλέντερ = the blender
• ο πάγκος = the counter
• η καφετιέρα = the coffee maker

This helps explain the forms in the sentence:

• το μπλέντερ stays the same
• ο πάγκος → τον πάγκο
• η καφετιέρα → την καφετιέρα

So one useful thing to memorize is each noun together with its article, because that tells you its gender.