Το αίτημα για την κάρτα μου εκκρεμεί ακόμα, αλλά αύριο θα την ανανεώσω αν πάρω την έγκριση.

Το αίτημα is the subject of εκκρεμεί.

So the core structure is:

• Το αίτημα ... εκκρεμεί = The request ... is pending

It is neuter singular, which is why it takes the article το. The verb εκκρεμεί is also 3rd person singular, agreeing with το αίτημα.

They are related, but not always identical.

• αίτημα = request
• αίτηση = often application, formal request, or even the application form itself

In real life, the two can overlap, especially in bureaucratic contexts. But a learner should know that αίτηση is often more specifically the formal application, while αίτημα can sound a bit more like the request itself.

So in this sentence, το αίτημα focuses on the request being under review or still unresolved.

Here για means for, about, or concerning.

So:

• το αίτημα για την κάρτα μου = the request regarding my card / the request for my card

After για, Greek normally uses the accusative, which is why you get:

• την κάρτα μου

This is very normal Greek preposition usage.

Because κάρτα is in the accusative singular here.

You can see that from the article too:

• nominative: η κάρτα
• accusative: την κάρτα

It is accusative because it comes after the preposition για, which takes the accusative.

In Greek, the weak possessive forms like μου, σου, του, της usually come after the noun:

• η κάρτα μου = my card
• το βιβλίο σου = your book

This is one of the most basic word-order differences from English. English puts the possessive before the noun; Greek often puts this short possessive pronoun after it.

Εκκρεμεί means is pending, is still open, or has not been resolved yet.

It comes from the verb εκκρεμώ. Greek often uses a verb here where English might use an adjective:

• Το αίτημα εκκρεμεί = The request is pending

So even though English uses pending like an adjective, Greek expresses the same idea with a full verb.

Here ακόμα means still.

So:

• εκκρεμεί ακόμα = is still pending

Yes, ακόμα and ακόμη are both possible. In many contexts they mean the same thing. Ακόμα is very common in everyday speech, while ακόμη can sound a little more formal or careful, depending on context.

Την refers to την κάρτα.

That is important, because learners may wonder if it refers to το αίτημα. It does not, because:

• αίτημα is neuter → the object pronoun would be το
• κάρτα is feminine → the object pronoun is την

So:

• θα την ανανεώσω = I will renew it
• and it = the card

Because Greek object clitics usually come before a finite verb:

• την ανανεώνω
• θα την ανανεώσω
• την πήρα

This is normal Greek word order for short unstressed object pronouns like με, σε, τον, τη(ν), το, μας, σας, τους.

One major exception learners often notice is the positive imperative, where the pronoun usually comes after:

• Ανανέωσέ την. = Renew it.

But in this sentence, θα την ανανεώσω follows the regular pre-verbal pattern.

Greek does not form the future the way English does. Instead, it commonly uses θα + verb form.

So:

• θα ανανεώσω = I will renew

The word θα marks the future. The verb itself is not a special separate future conjugation in the way English learners often expect.

Also, ανανεώσω here is the perfective form, used for a single completed action in the future: one renewal event.

This is an aspect question.

Greek often chooses between:

• perfective form: ανανεώσω
• imperfective form: ανανεώνω

After θα, the perfective form is used when you mean one whole action:

• θα την ανανεώσω = I will renew it once, as a complete act

If you used θα την ανανεώνω, it would sound more like a repeated, habitual, or ongoing action, which does not fit this context well.

So the sentence uses ανανεώσω because renewing the card is seen as a single complete event.

In standard Greek, after αν for a future condition, you normally do not use θα.

So Greek says:

• αν πάρω την έγκριση = if I get the approval

not:

• αν θα πάρω την έγκριση

This is a very common learner issue, because English allows if I get and also sometimes uses future ideas differently. In Greek, αν already introduces the condition, and the verb form πάρω gives the right future/conditional meaning.

Again, this is about aspect.

• πάρω = perfective, a single complete event: if I receive/get
• παίρνω = imperfective, more ongoing, repeated, or habitual

Here the speaker means one specific event:

• getting the approval once

So αν πάρω την έγκριση is the natural choice.

Greek uses the definite article more often than English does.

Here την έγκριση means the approval, referring to a specific approval that both speaker and listener can identify from context: the approval needed for the renewal.

So even though English might sometimes just say approval, Greek very naturally says:

• την έγκριση

because it is a particular approval, not approval in general.