Ο γαμπρός είπε ότι η βέρα είναι πιο σημαντική από το κοστούμι, γιατί θα τη φοράει κάθε μέρα.

In this sentence, γαμπρός means groom or bridegroom.

Be careful, though: γαμπρός can also mean son-in-law in other contexts. Here, because the sentence mentions a wedding ring and a suit, the meaning is clearly groom.

Those are the Greek definite articles, equivalent to the.

Greek uses articles much more regularly than English does, and they also show:

• gender
• number
• case

In this sentence:

• ο γαμπρός = the groom (masculine singular)
• η βέρα = the wedding ring (feminine singular)
• το κοστούμι = the suit (neuter singular)

So the article is an important part of the grammar, not just an optional extra word.

Είπε is the aorist form of λέω, meaning he said.

The Greek aorist usually presents an action as a single, complete event. So Ο γαμπρός είπε... means The groom said... as one finished action in the past.

Ότι means that and introduces a clause of reported speech:

• είπε ότι... = said that...

So:

• Ο γαμπρός είπε ότι η βέρα είναι πιο σημαντική...
• The groom said that the wedding ring is more important...

In everyday Greek, πως can often be used instead of ότι in this kind of sentence.

This is a very common point of confusion.

• ότι = that
• ό,τι = whatever / anything that

So in your sentence, ότι is correct because it introduces what he said:

• είπε ότι... = he said that...

If you saw ό,τι, it would mean something different.

No. Βέρα specifically means a wedding ring or wedding band.

A more general word for ring is δαχτυλίδι.

So η βέρα is not just any ring; it is specifically the ring connected with marriage.

Because σημαντική has to agree with βέρα, which is a feminine singular noun.

Greek adjectives agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• η βέρα = feminine singular
• therefore σημαντική must also be feminine singular

If the noun were masculine, you would use σημαντικός. If it were neuter, σημαντικό.

Πιο means more, so:

• σημαντική = important
• πιο σημαντική = more important

This is the regular way to form the comparative in modern Greek:

• πιο + adjective

The word πιο itself does not change. The adjective still changes to agree with the noun:

• πιο σημαντικός
• πιο σημαντική
• πιο σημαντικό

depending on what it describes.

Yes. Greek has two common ways to form comparatives:

• πιο σημαντική
• σημαντικότερη

Both mean more important.

The πιο + adjective pattern is extremely common and very natural in everyday Greek. The -ότερος / -ότερη / -ότερο form is also correct and often sounds a bit more formal or compact.

So this sentence could also be:

• η βέρα είναι σημαντικότερη από το κοστούμι

Because από is the normal Greek word for than in comparisons.

So:

• πιο σημαντική από το κοστούμι
• more important than the suit

This is a very common pattern:

• πιο μεγάλος από... = bigger than...
• πιο ακριβό από... = more expensive than...

Because γιατί can mean either:

• because
• why

The meaning depends on the sentence.

Here it introduces a reason:

• γιατί θα τη φοράει κάθε μέρα
• because he will wear it every day

If it were a question, it could mean why?

• Γιατί; = Why?

Τη is the weak object pronoun meaning it or her, and here it refers back to τη βέρα.

So:

• θα τη φοράει = he will wear it

Because βέρα is feminine, the pronoun is feminine too.

A useful extra detail: the full form is often την, but before some consonants the final -ν is often dropped, so you get τη. That is why you see τη φοράει instead of την φοράει here.

That is the normal position for weak object pronouns in Greek.

So Greek says:

• θα τη φοράει literally something like
• will it wear

This feels strange to an English speaker, but it is standard Greek word order.

With these weak pronouns, Greek usually places them:

• before the finite verb
• after particles like θα and να

So:

• θα τη φοράει
• να τη φορέσει

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

• θα τη φοράει uses the imperfective form and suggests a repeated or habitual action
• θα τη φορέσει uses the perfective form and suggests a single completed action

Because the sentence says κάθε μέρα (every day), the habitual form is the natural one:

• θα τη φοράει κάθε μέρα = he will wear it every day

If you said θα τη φορέσει, it would sound more like he will put it on or he will wear it on one occasion.

Because the content of what he said is still future from the point of view of that statement.

Greek does not always shift tenses backward the way English sometimes does. So after a past reporting verb, Greek can still keep:

• present
• future

if that is the meaning of the original statement.

So:

• Είπε ότι θα τη φοράει κάθε μέρα literally = He said that he will wear it every day and in natural English we often translate that as:
• He said that he would wear it every day

Both ideas match the Greek structure.

Because κάθε means every / each, and in this kind of expression Greek normally does not use the article.

So:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε χρόνο = every year
• κάθε φορά = every time

That is the standard pattern.

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

This sentence has a neutral, natural order, but other arrangements are possible for emphasis. For example, Greek could move time expressions or other parts around without changing the basic meaning.

However, some elements are less flexible than others. In particular, the weak pronoun τη normally stays in its usual position:

• θα τη φοράει

So Greek is flexible, but not completely free.