Παρά την πληγή στο δάχτυλό της, έγραψε κανονικά το email.

Here Παρά means despite or in spite of.

In this use, παρά is followed by the accusative case:

• παρά την πληγή = despite the wound
• παρά τη βροχή = despite the rain
• παρά το πρόβλημα = despite the problem

So this is a very useful pattern:

παρά + accusative noun

It is a compact, slightly more formal way to express contrast. A more conversational alternative would be something like:

• Παρόλο που είχε πληγή... = although she had a wound...

Because παρά takes the accusative, not the nominative.

The noun πληγή is feminine, so:

• nominative: η πληγή
• accusative: την πληγή

After παρά, you need the accusative form:

• Παρά την πληγή...

So την here is not the object of the verb; it is simply the article required by the preposition παρά.

Yes, πληγή is correct and natural, but it is a bit broader and slightly more formal/general.

• πληγή = wound, injury, lesion
• κόψιμο = cut

So if the person simply had a small cut on the finger, many speakers might naturally say:

• Παρά το κόψιμο στο δάχτυλό της...

If the injury is being described more generally, πληγή works very well.

Στο is the contracted form of:

• σε + το = στο

Here σε is a very common preposition that can cover meanings like in, at, to, and sometimes on, depending on context.

So:

• στο δάχτυλό της = on her finger / at her finger

Greek often uses σε where English uses several different prepositions. You should not expect a one-to-one match with English.

Also note that Greek normally uses the article here:

• στο δάχτυλο not usually just
• σε δάχτυλο

This happens because της is an enclitic word.

The noun δάχτυλο is normally stressed on the third syllable from the end:

• δάχτυλο

When a word like this is followed by an enclitic such as μου, σου, του, της, μας, σας, τους, Greek often adds a second written accent:

• το δάχτυλο
• το δάχτυλό της

This does not mean the word completely changes stress in the way an English learner might first think. It is mainly a pronunciation/rhythm rule reflected in spelling.

You will see this often:

• ο άνθρωπός μου
• η θάλασσά μας
• το πρόσωπό του

Because Greek usually expresses possession with these short forms after the noun:

• το δάχτυλό της = her finger
• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η φίλη τους = their friend

These are weak possessive forms, historically related to the genitive.

So Greek structure is often:

article + noun + possessive

That is different from English, which usually puts the possessive first:

• her finger

Putting something else instead, such as a stronger form, usually changes the tone and adds emphasis.

Της here is the genitive singular weak pronoun meaning her.

So in:

• το δάχτυλό της

literally you can think of it as:

• the finger of her

but in natural English it is simply her finger.

These weak genitive pronouns are extremely common in Modern Greek:

• μου = my
• σου = your
• του = his / its
• της = her
• μας = our
• σας = your
• τους = their

Έγραψε is the aorist of γράφω and means she wrote.

More specifically:

• verb: γράφω = I write
• aorist: έγραψα = I wrote
• έγραψε = he/she/it wrote

The aorist is used for a single completed action. That fits well here because the sentence refers to one finished event: she wrote the email.

Because the sentence describes the action as a completed whole, not as an ongoing background action.

Compare:

• έγραψε = she wrote, she finished writing
• έγραφε = she was writing / she used to write

In this sentence, the point is that despite the injury, she still managed to carry out the action normally. That strongly favors the aorist:

• έγραψε κανονικά το email

If you used έγραφε, the meaning would shift toward an ongoing scene or repeated/habitual action.

Κανονικά here means something like:

• normally
• as usual
• properly
• without a problem

In this sentence, it suggests that the wound did not stop her from writing the email in the usual way.

So it does not necessarily mean according to the rules here. It is more about the action happening in a normal, unaffected way.

Depending on context, κανονικά can mean slightly different things:

• Δούλεψε κανονικά. = He worked normally / as usual.
• Πλήρωσα κανονικά. = I paid in the normal way / I paid fully as expected.
• Το λεωφορείο κυκλοφορεί κανονικά. = The bus is running normally.

Greek uses the definite article much more regularly than English.

Here the email is a specific one, so Greek naturally says:

• το email

In normal Greek, saying just έγραψε email would sound less standard or more clipped, depending on context. The full version with the article is the safest and most natural choice.

Greek articles appear with nouns in many places where English may omit them.

Yes, it is very commonly used in Greek.

You may see or hear:

• το email
• το e-mail
• sometimes a Greek-script spelling like ιμέιλ

In everyday speech, many people simply use the borrowed word. A more fully Greek alternative is:

• το ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα

But in ordinary modern usage, email is extremely common and natural.

It is usually treated as a neuter noun, which is why you get:

• το email

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

This sentence begins with the contrasting phrase for emphasis:

• Παρά την πληγή στο δάχτυλό της, έγραψε κανονικά το email.

But you could also say:

• Έγραψε κανονικά το email παρά την πληγή στο δάχτυλό της.

That version is also understandable, but the original puts the contrast up front, which sounds very natural.

You could also move κανονικά:

• Έγραψε το email κανονικά.

The meaning stays close, but the emphasis shifts slightly. Greek often uses word order to manage focus and style rather than basic grammatical correctness.

Because Παρά την πληγή στο δάχτυλό της is an introductory phrase placed before the main clause.

So the sentence is structured like this:

• introductory contrast phrase: Παρά την πληγή στο δάχτυλό της
• main clause: έγραψε κανονικά το email

The comma helps separate these two parts and makes the sentence easier to read.

In very short sentences, punctuation can sometimes vary, but here the comma is natural and standard.

It is mostly neutral, with a slightly polished feel because of Παρά and πληγή.

A more conversational version could be:

• Παρόλο που είχε ένα κόψιμο στο δάχτυλό της, έγραψε κανονικά το email.

The original sentence is still perfectly natural Modern Greek. It does not sound overly literary, but it is a bit more compact and tidy than casual speech often is.