Θέλεις να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο και μετά να πάμε για καφέ;

Because Greek often uses θέλω/θέλεις να + first-person plural to make a suggestion that includes both the speaker and the listener.

So Θέλεις να περάσουμε... και να πάμε...; is literally something like:

Do you want us to stop by... and go...?

But in natural English, that usually becomes:

Do you want to stop by... and then go...?
or
Shall we stop by... and then go...?

So the idea is: you are being asked whether we both should do something.

Να introduces the verb forms used after verbs like θέλω and in many kinds of suggestions, intentions, and possibilities.

Here you have two actions:

• να περάσουμε
• να πάμε

So να appears before each verb phrase.

A good way to think of it is:

• Θέλεις να περάσουμε... = Do you want us to stop by...
• ...και μετά να πάμε... = ...and then go...

In English we do not have a direct equivalent word for να, so learners often just learn it as part of the pattern.

Because after να, Greek uses subjunctive forms, and here the speaker is talking about two single, complete actions:

• first, stop by the shop
• then, go for coffee

So:

• να περάσουμε
• να πάμε

suggest one-time actions.

If you used present-type forms such as να περνάμε or να πηγαίνουμε, that would usually sound more like repeated, habitual, or ongoing action.

So the sentence is choosing the form that fits:

• one stop at the shop
• one trip for coffee

In this sentence, περνάω/περνώ από + place means something like:

• stop by
• drop by
• go by
• pass via

So να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο means:

to stop by the greengrocer’s first

It does not just mean physically passing in front of the shop. In everyday Greek, it often means making a brief stop there on the way to something else.

Το μανάβικο is a fruit-and-vegetable shop, often translated as:

• greengrocer’s
• produce shop
• fruit shop / vegetable shop

It usually suggests a small local shop rather than a big supermarket.

So this sentence sounds like someone suggesting a quick stop at the neighborhood produce shop before coffee.

Because από works well with περνάω/περνώ in the sense of stop by / go via.

• περνάω από το μανάβικο = I stop by the greengrocer’s / I go by the greengrocer’s
• πάω στο μανάβικο = I go to the greengrocer’s

So από helps express the idea that the shop is one stop along the way, not necessarily the main destination.

Also, after από, Modern Greek uses the accusative form of the article. Here that is το, which looks the same as the nominative because the noun is neuter.

Πρώτα means first, and here it comes right before the phrase it modifies:

να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο

That makes the sequence very clear:

• first, stop by the shop
• then, go for coffee

Greek word order is fairly flexible, so you may also hear:

Θέλεις πρώτα να περάσουμε από το μανάβικο...

But the version in your sentence is very natural and common.

Μετά means afterwards / then.

It marks the second step in the plan:

• πρώτα = first
• μετά = then

So the structure is very straightforward:

first X, then Y

In this sentence:

• πρώτα από το μανάβικο
• μετά να πάμε για καφέ

Here για means something like for in the sense of for the purpose of.

So πάμε για καφέ is an extremely common Greek expression meaning:

• let’s go for coffee
• go out for coffee
• go have a coffee

It is not just about the drink itself. Very often it means the whole social activity of sitting down together for coffee.

Because για καφέ is a very idiomatic, general expression.

It means something like:

for coffee
rather than
for the coffee

Greek often leaves out the article in fixed expressions of this kind.

You may also hear για έναν καφέ, which is also common and means something like:

• for a coffee
• for a quick coffee

But για καφέ is very natural and idiomatic.

Yes. Θέλεις is second-person singular, so it is used with one person you address informally.

For a polite singular or for plural you, use Θέλετε:

Θέλετε να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο και μετά να πάμε για καφέ;

So:

• Θέλεις = informal singular
• Θέλετε = polite singular or plural

Because Greek normally drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Both of these forms already tell you the subject is we:

• περάσουμε
• πάμε

So adding εμείς is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

English needs we, but Greek often does not.

Because in Greek, ; is the question mark.

So:

• Greek ; = English ?

That means this sentence is a question even though the punctuation looks unusual to an English speaker.

This is one of the first punctuation differences Greek learners usually notice.