Η συνάδελφός μου πληκτρολογεί τη διεύθυνση αργά, για να μην κάνει λάθος στον ταχυδρομικό κώδικα.

My colleague types the address slowly so that she doesn’t make a mistake in the postal code.

Breakdown of Η συνάδελφός μου πληκτρολογεί τη διεύθυνση αργά, για να μην κάνει λάθος στον ταχυδρομικό κώδικα.

• μου: my
• αργά: slowly
• μην: not
• σε: in

Questions & Answers about Η συνάδελφός μου πληκτρολογεί τη διεύθυνση αργά, για να μην κάνει λάθος στον ταχυδρομικό κώδικα.

Why is συνάδελφός written with two accent marks in Η συνάδελφός μου?

Because μου is an enclitic word, meaning it leans on the previous word for stress. In Greek, when a word like συνάδελφος is followed by an enclitic, the previous word may receive an extra accent.

So:

• συνάδελφος = colleague
• συνάδελφός μου = my colleague

The extra accent helps show the pronunciation pattern. This is very common with possessive enclitics like μου, σου, του, της.

A similar example is:

• το όνομά μου = my name

Is συνάδελφος masculine or feminine here?

Here it is feminine, because the article is Η.

• ο συνάδελφος = the male colleague
• η συνάδελφος = the female colleague

The noun συνάδελφος can refer to either a man or a woman; the article usually makes the gender clear.

So in this sentence, Η συνάδελφός μου means my female colleague.

Why does Greek say η συνάδελφός μου with μου after the noun instead of before it?

Because possessive weak forms like μου normally come after the noun in Greek.

So:

• η συνάδελφός μου = my colleague
• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η διεύθυνσή σου = your address

This is one of the most basic word-order differences from English. English puts my before the noun, but Greek often uses a clitic possessive after the noun.