Για τη δουλειά ψάχνω μια διαδρομή που να μην έχει πολλή κίνηση το πρωί.

For work I am looking for a route that doesn’t have much traffic in the morning.

Breakdown of Για τη δουλειά ψάχνω μια διαδρομή που να μην έχει πολλή κίνηση το πρωί.

• πολύς: much
• η δουλειά: the work
• έχω: to have
• να: to

Questions & Answers about Για τη δουλειά ψάχνω μια διαδρομή που να μην έχει πολλή κίνηση το πρωί.

What does Για τη δουλειά mean here? Is it for work or to work?

Here Για τη δουλειά means something like for work or, more naturally in English, for getting to work / for my commute to work.

It sets the context: the speaker is looking for a route because of work.

In Greek, για often covers ideas that English splits into several expressions, such as for, to, or for the purpose of. So in this sentence, Για τη δουλειά is not just a literal word-for-word for the job; it means the route is related to going to work.

What case is τη δουλειά, and why is it in that case?

τη δουλειά is in the accusative.

That is because the preposition για takes the accusative in Modern Greek. So:

• nominative: η δουλειά = the job / work
• accusative: τη δουλειά = the job / work after a preposition like για

So για τη δουλειά literally uses για + accusative.

Why is it τη δουλειά and not την δουλειά?