Μπορείτε να μου πείτε αν το κατάστημα είναι ανοιχτό και τον Απρίλιο και τον Ιούλιο, ή κλείνει για διακοπές;

Μπορείτε να μου πείτε means Can you tell me... ?

A learner often notices that Greek uses can + tell me where English might also say Could you tell me... or simply Is the shop open... ?. In Greek, this is a very common polite way to ask for information.

• Μπορείτε = you can / can you
• να πείτε = to say / tell
• together, μπορείτε να πείτε = can you tell

It makes the question sound polite and natural.

Μπορείτε is the plural or polite singular form of you can.

So it can mean either:

• you all can
• or can you when speaking politely to one person

By contrast:

• Μπορείς = informal singular you can

So if you are asking a shop employee or someone you do not know well, Μπορείτε is the natural choice.

Μου means to me.

So:

• να πείτε = to tell
• να μου πείτε = to tell me

It is the weak form of the pronoun, and in Greek these short object pronouns often come before the verb:

• μου = to me
• σου = to you
• του / της = to him / her

So Μπορείτε να μου πείτε... is literally Can you tell me...

In Modern Greek, να is used to introduce many verb forms that correspond to English to + verb or other subordinate verb structures.

Here:

• Μπορείτε = you can
• να πείτε = literally something like to say/tell

So Μπορείτε να μου πείτε is the normal Greek structure for Can you tell me.

After verbs like μπορώ (I can), Greek normally uses να + the dependent verb form.

Here αν means whether / if.

In this sentence, it introduces an indirect yes/no question:

• αν το κατάστημα είναι ανοιχτό...
  = whether the shop is open...

This is very common after verbs like:

• ξέρω = I know
• ρωτάω = I ask
• μου λέτε = you tell me

So Μπορείτε να μου πείτε αν... = Can you tell me whether...

Because κατάστημα is a neuter noun.

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• ο ανοιχτός = masculine
• η ανοιχτή = feminine
• το ανοιχτό = neuter

Since το κατάστημα is neuter singular, the adjective must also be neuter singular:

• το κατάστημα είναι ανοιχτό = the shop is open

The months here are in the accusative, which is commonly used in Greek for time expressions meaning in April, in July, etc.

So:

• τον Απρίλιο = in April
• τον Ιούλιο = in July

The article τον is the masculine accusative singular article, because both Απρίλιος and Ιούλιος are masculine nouns.

This is a very normal Greek pattern:

• τον Μάιο = in May
• τον Δεκέμβριο = in December

This repeated και ... και ... means both ... and ...

So:

• και τον Απρίλιο και τον Ιούλιο
  = both in April and in July

Greek often repeats και in this structure, whereas English uses both ... and ...

Without that repeated pattern, the sentence would not express the same emphasis as clearly.

Greek often uses the present tense to talk about regular schedules, general situations, or what typically happens.

So:

• ή κλείνει για διακοπές;
  literally = or does it close for holidays/vacation?

In English, we also often do this:

• Is the shop open in July, or does it close for vacation?

So the Greek present tense here is completely natural. It suggests a regular or recurring practice, not necessarily a one-time future event.

Για διακοπές means for holidays or more naturally here for vacation.

• διακοπές = holidays / vacation
• κλείνει για διακοπές = it closes for vacation

This is a very common expression in Greek. It often implies that a business shuts temporarily because the owners or staff are away on holiday.

There is no article before διακοπές because the phrase works as a general expression, much like saying for vacation rather than for the vacation.

In Greek, the symbol ; is the question mark.

So although it looks like an English semicolon, in Greek punctuation it marks a question.

That means:

• ... για διακοπές;
  is simply the end of the question.

A true Greek semicolon is different: it is usually written as a raised dot (·).

No. You may also see ανοικτό, which means the same thing.

So both are possible:

• ανοιχτό
• ανοικτό

In everyday Modern Greek, ανοιχτό is extremely common and natural. In this sentence, it means open for business, not physically open in the sense of an open door.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Μπορείτε να μου πείτε = Can you tell me
• αν = whether / if
• το κατάστημα είναι ανοιχτό = the shop is open
• και τον Απρίλιο και τον Ιούλιο = both in April and in July
• ή κλείνει για διακοπές = or does it close for vacation

So the overall pattern is:

Can you tell me whether X is true, or whether Y happens instead?

That structure is very useful and common in Greek.