Η φιλοξενία της γιαγιάς μου είναι πάντα ζεστή και όλοι χαίρονται να μένουν εκεί.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English. It is very normal to say Η φιλοξενία even when English would simply say hospitality with no article.

Here, Η shows that φιλοξενία is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative (the subject of the sentence)

So Η φιλοξενία της γιαγιάς μου is a natural Greek subject phrase meaning my grandmother’s hospitality.

Φιλοξενία means hospitality: the quality of being welcoming, generous, and kind to guests.

It does not just mean the act of physically hosting someone. It often carries a warm cultural sense in Greek, closer to generous welcome or kind treatment of guests.

So in this sentence, it refers to the grandmother’s warm, welcoming way of receiving people.

της γιαγιάς μου is in the genitive, because Greek commonly uses the genitive to show possession.

So:

• η γιαγιά μου = my grandmother
• της γιαγιάς μου = of my grandmother / my grandmother’s

In the sentence:

• Η φιλοξενία της γιαγιάς μου = my grandmother’s hospitality

This is one of the most common ways Greek expresses possession.

In Greek, short possessive words like μου, σου, του, της usually come after the noun they belong to.

So:

• η γιαγιά μου = my grandmother
• ο φίλος μου = my friend
• το σπίτι μου = my house

Therefore:

• της γιαγιάς μου literally = of the grandmother my, but naturally means of my grandmother

This word order is completely normal in Greek.

Because it agrees with φιλοξενία, which is a feminine singular noun.

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

So here:

• η φιλοξενία = feminine singular
• ζεστή = feminine singular form of warm

Compare:

• ο καφές είναι ζεστός = the coffee is warm
• η σούπα είναι ζεστή = the soup is warm
• το δωμάτιο είναι ζεστό = the room is warm

Yes, όλοι literally means all, but it can also mean everyone depending on context.

Here it is used by itself as the subject:

• όλοι χαίρονται = everyone is happy / everyone enjoys

Why όλοι and not όλες or όλα?

• όλοι = masculine plural, also used for mixed groups or people in general
• όλες = all women / all feminine plural nouns
• όλα = all things / everything / neuter plural

So in this sentence, όλοι means all people, naturally translated as everyone.

This is a very common learner question. Χαίρονται comes from χαίρομαι, which has middle/passive-looking endings but an active meaning.

So:

• χαίρομαι = I am glad, I enjoy
• χαίρονται = they are glad, they enjoy

It is not passive here.

Many Greek verbs work like this: they use forms that look passive, but their meaning is active or reflexive-like. So όλοι χαίρονται means:

• everyone is happy
• everyone enjoys it

And with the rest of the sentence:

• όλοι χαίρονται να μένουν εκεί = everyone enjoys staying there

After verbs like χαίρομαι, Greek often uses να + verb to express something like to do... or doing...

So:

• χαίρονται να μένουν εκεί = they enjoy staying there / they are happy to stay there

The word να introduces a dependent verb form, often called the subjunctive in Greek grammar.

This is a very common pattern:

• θέλω να πάω = I want to go
• μου αρέσει να διαβάζω = I like reading / I like to read
• χαίρομαι να σε βλέπω = I’m happy to see you

This is about aspect, which is very important in Greek.

• να μένουν = present subjunctive idea: ongoing, repeated, habitual
• να μείνουν = aorist subjunctive idea: one whole action, more like a single event

In this sentence, να μένουν fits because the idea is general and repeated:

• people enjoy staying there
• people like being there as guests
• this is something that happens regularly

If you said να μείνουν, it would sound more like to stay there on a particular occasion.

It can mean either, depending on context.

• μένω σε ένα σπίτι can mean I live in a house
• μένω κάπου για λίγες μέρες can mean I stay somewhere for a few days

In this sentence, because the topic is hospitality, μένουν εκεί clearly means stay there as guests, not live there permanently.

So the natural meaning is:

• everyone enjoys staying there

Εκεί means there, and here it refers to the grandmother’s place, probably her house or home.

Greek often leaves this kind of reference implicit when it is obvious from context.

So:

• μένουν εκεί = stay there
• understood meaning: stay at her place

No. Greek word order is more flexible than English word order, because the endings already show the grammatical relationships.

In this sentence:

• είναι πάντα ζεστή = is always warm

This is a very natural order. But Greek could move πάντα for emphasis:

• είναι πάντα ζεστή
• πάντα είναι ζεστή

Both are possible, though the original sounds very natural and neutral.

So the word order here is normal, but not the only possible one.