Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους στο πανεπιστήμιο με βοηθάει να νιώθω πιο άνετα, κι ας είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλός.

γνωριμία is a noun. In this sentence it means something like getting to know / meeting / becoming acquainted with new people.

So Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους is not just the acquaintance in an abstract sense; it means the process or experience of getting to know new people.

The article Η is normal in Greek when a noun phrase is used as the subject of the sentence:

• Η γνωριμία ... με βοηθάει = Getting to know ... helps me

Greek often uses a noun with the article where English might prefer an -ing form.

Because με means with, and after με, Greek uses the accusative.

So:

• νέοι άνθρωποι = new people (nominative)
• με νέους ανθρώπους = with new people (accusative)

Both words are masculine plural accusative:

• νέους = masculine plural accusative of νέος
• ανθρώπους = masculine plural accusative of άνθρωπος

This is a very common pattern:

• με καλούς φίλους
• με ενδιαφέροντες ανθρώπους

No. They look the same, but they do different jobs here.

1. με in με νέους ανθρώπους is the preposition with
2. με in με βοηθάει is the object pronoun me

So:

• Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους = Getting to know new people
• με βοηθάει = helps me

Greek often puts object pronouns before the verb:

• με βοηθάει = it helps me
• σε βοηθάει = it helps you
• τον βοηθάει = it helps him

στο means in / at the. It is a contraction of:

• σε + το = στο

So:

• στο πανεπιστήμιο = at the university / in the university setting

Greek usually uses an article in places where English may or may not use one. So even if English says at university or in university, Greek naturally says στο πανεπιστήμιο.

Also, πανεπιστήμιο is in the accusative singular after σε / στο, but for neuter nouns the nominative and accusative are often the same in form:

• το πανεπιστήμιο
• στο πανεπιστήμιο

Because the subject is Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους στο πανεπιστήμιο.

That whole phrase is singular, so the verb must be 3rd person singular:

• βοηθάω / βοηθώ = I help
• βοηθάει / βοηθά = he/she/it helps

Here it means:

• Getting to know new people at university helps me

So βοηθάει agrees with Η γνωριμία, not with me.

Also, both βοηθάει and βοηθά are common. βοηθάει is a very common spoken/written form.

Because Greek often uses να + verb after verbs like help, want, can, try, etc.

Here:

• με βοηθάει να νιώθω = helps me to feel

So να introduces the dependent verb.

νιώθω is in the form used after να. In traditional grammar this is often called the subjunctive environment, although in Modern Greek the form usually looks like the present tense.

Compare:

• Θέλω να φύγω = I want to leave
• Μπορώ να έρθω = I can come
• Με βοηθάει να νιώθω καλύτερα = It helps me feel better

In Modern Greek, after να, the verb often appears in a form that looks the same as the present tense.

So:

• νιώθω = I feel / I am feeling
• να νιώθω = to feel / that I feel / to be feeling, depending on context

Here, να νιώθω suggests an ongoing or repeated state:

• helps me feel more comfortable

If the sentence wanted a more single, complete event, Greek might use a different aspect. But here the present/imperfective form νιώθω fits very naturally because it describes a continuing feeling.

Here άνετα works adverbially.

• άνετος / άνετη / άνετο = comfortable, at ease (adjective)
• άνετα = comfortably / more at ease (adverbial use)

After verbs like νιώθω, Greek often uses forms like this to describe how someone feels:

• νιώθω καλά = I feel well
• νιώθω άνετα = I feel comfortable / at ease
• νιώθω πιο άνετα = I feel more comfortable / more at ease

So even though English uses an adjective in I feel comfortable, Greek commonly uses άνετα.

πιο means more. It forms the comparative:

• άνετα = comfortably / at ease
• πιο άνετα = more comfortably / more at ease

This is a very common way to make comparisons in Modern Greek:

• πιο καλός = better / more good
• πιο εύκολα = more easily
• πιο άνετα = more comfortably / more at ease

So the sentence says that getting to know new people helps the speaker feel more comfortable than before.

κι ας is a very useful Greek structure meaning something like:

• even if
• even though
• although
• despite the fact that

In this sentence:

• κι ας είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλός = even though I’m still a little shy

This construction often introduces a concession: something is true despite another fact.

Why not αλλά?

• αλλά means but
• κι ας means even though / although

So:

• ..., αλλά είμαι ντροπαλός = ..., but I am shy
• ..., κι ας είμαι ντροπαλός = ..., even though I am shy

The second one is more nuanced and more natural here.

Because κι ας is followed by a verb in the να/subjunctive-type environment, and είμαι is the correct form here for I am.

So:

• κι ας είμαι = even though I am

This is a fixed, common pattern:

• Κι ας είναι δύσκολο = Even if it is difficult
• Κι ας μην ξέρω πολλά = Even though I don’t know much
• Κι ας είμαι κουρασμένος = Even though I’m tired

For learners, it is best to remember κι ας + verb as a chunk.

Because the speaker is referring to themself, and ντροπαλός must agree with the speaker’s gender.

Forms:

• ντροπαλός = masculine singular
• ντροπαλή = feminine singular
• ντροπαλό = neuter singular

So if a man is speaking, ντροπαλός is correct.
If a woman is speaking, it would usually be:

• κι ας είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλή

This is because adjectives in Greek agree in gender and number with the person or noun they describe.

Together they mean:

• still a little
• still somewhat

Breakdown:

• ακόμα = still
• λίγο = a little / somewhat

So:

• είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλός = I’m still a little shy

Each word adds something different:

• ακόμα says the state continues
• λίγο softens the adjective

Compare:

• είμαι ντροπαλός = I’m shy
• είμαι λίγο ντροπαλός = I’m a little shy
• είμαι ακόμα ντροπαλός = I’m still shy
• είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλός = I’m still a little shy

Greek word order is more flexible than English, but this sentence is already in a very natural order.

Current structure:

• Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους στο πανεπιστήμιο
• με βοηθάει
• να νιώθω πιο άνετα,
• κι ας είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλός.

This flows naturally from:

1. subject
2. main verb + object pronoun
3. να clause
4. concessive clause

Some parts could move for emphasis, but not all changes sound equally natural. For example, Greek could front other elements in certain contexts, but the given version is standard and smooth.

For learners, it is best to understand this sentence as a model of normal Greek word order rather than trying to reshuffle it.

Yes, but the sentence would have a different structure.

The original uses a noun phrase:

• Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους ... με βοηθάει ...
• literally: The getting-to-know of new people ... helps me ...

A more verbal version might be:

• Το να γνωρίζω νέους ανθρώπους στο πανεπιστήμιο με βοηθάει να νιώθω πιο άνετα.

That means roughly the same thing:

• Getting to know new people at university helps me feel more comfortable.

So Greek can express this idea in more than one way:

• with a noun: η γνωριμία
• with το να + verb: το να γνωρίζω

The noun version in your sentence is very natural and elegant.

Almost everything would stay the same. The only change would be the adjective describing the speaker:

• Η γνωριμία με νέους ανθρώπους στο πανεπιστήμιο με βοηθάει να νιώθω πιο άνετα, κι ας είμαι ακόμα λίγο ντροπαλή.

The change is:

• ντροπαλός → ντροπαλή

That is because the adjective agrees with the speaker’s gender. The rest of the sentence does not need to change.