Έβαλα τη γλάστρα στο περβάζι, γιατί εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο.

Έβαλα is the aorist of βάζω. It means a single completed action in the past: I put.

That fits this sentence because the speaker is talking about one specific action they completed: they moved the pot to the windowsill.

Compare:

• βάζω = I put / I am putting
• έβαζα = I was putting / I used to put
• έβαλα = I put

So Έβαλα τη γλάστρα... means the action is finished.

This is because βάζω has an irregular aorist form.

• Present: βάζω
• Aorist: έβαλα

Greek often does this with common verbs: the past stem can change instead of just adding an ending to the present form.

The έ- at the beginning is the usual past augment, which often appears in past tenses.

So it is something you mainly need to learn as a verb pattern:

• βάζω → έβαλα
• βάζεις → έβαλες
• βάζει → έβαλε

Because γλάστρα is the direct object of the verb Έβαλα.

The speaker did the action to the pot, so Greek uses the accusative case, not the nominative.

• η γλάστρα = the pot, as the subject
• τη γλάστρα = the pot, as the object

So:

• Η γλάστρα είναι στο περβάζι. = The pot is on the windowsill.
• Έβαλα τη γλάστρα στο περβάζι. = I put the pot on the windowsill.

In Modern Greek, the feminine accusative article can appear as τη or την.

The final -ν is often dropped before certain consonants in everyday standard usage. Since γλάστρα starts with γ, τη γλάστρα is completely normal.

So here:

• τη γλάστρα = normal and natural
• την γλάστρα = also possible in some styles or varieties, but τη is very common here

For learners, the safest takeaway is:

• both exist,
• but τη γλάστρα is perfectly standard.

στο is a contraction of σε + το.

• σε can mean in, on, at, to, depending on context
• το is the neuter definite article
• σε το becomes στο

So:

• σε το περβάζι → στο περβάζι

Even though English says on the windowsill, Greek uses σε here. That is very normal: Greek σε covers several location meanings that English splits into in / on / at / to.

Because Greek prepositions do not match English one-for-one.

In many everyday expressions, σε is the normal preposition for location or movement toward a place, even where English would choose on.

So:

• στο τραπέζι = on the table
• στον τοίχο = on the wall
• στο περβάζι = on the windowsill

This is something you usually learn as part of the phrase rather than trying to translate each preposition literally.

It can mean both, depending on whether it is used in a question or an answer/explanation.

In this sentence, γιατί means because.

Compare:

• Γιατί έβαλες τη γλάστρα στο περβάζι; = Why did you put the pot on the windowsill?
• Την έβαλα στο περβάζι, γιατί εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο. = I put it on the windowsill, because there is more sun there.

So the word is the same, but the function changes with context.

εκεί means there and points to that specific location: the windowsill / that spot.

It helps explain the reason more clearly:

• γιατί εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο = because there it gets more sun / there is more sun

Without εκεί, the sentence would still be grammatical:

• γιατί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο

But εκεί makes the comparison more concrete: that particular place is sunnier.

Greek word order is flexible, so you could also hear:

• γιατί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο εκεί

The version with εκεί earlier gives it a bit more emphasis.

Literally, yes, έχει is from έχω = to have, but here it is used in a very natural Greek way that English does not copy literally.

εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο means something like:

• there is more sun there
• that spot gets more sun
• it’s sunnier there

So although έχει literally means has, the whole phrase is best understood idiomatically.

Greek often uses very simple verbs like έχω in places where English chooses a different structure.

Because ήλιο is in the accusative after έχει, and περισσότερο matches the kind of expression being used here.

A useful way to think of it is:

• περισσότερο ήλιο = more sun / more sunlight

Here ήλιος is being treated almost like a measurable amount of sunlight, not as a subject noun.

So:

• ήλιος = nominative
• ήλιο = accusative

And:

• περισσότερο ήλιο = more sun

This is the natural phrasing in Greek.

Because it is the object of έχει in this expression.

Greek changes nouns depending on their role in the sentence.

• ο ήλιος = the sun, as subject
• τον ήλιο / ήλιο = the sun, as object

Here the structure is:

• εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο

So ήλιο is not the subject; it is part of what that place has / gets, which is why it appears in the accusative.

Yes. πιο πολύ ήλιο is also very natural in everyday Greek.

So these are both possible:

• εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο
• εκεί έχει πιο πολύ ήλιο

The version with περισσότερο may sound a bit more neutral or slightly more formal, while πιο πολύ is very common in speech.

Both mean essentially the same thing.

Greek often leaves the subject unstated when it is understood from context.

Also, in expressions like this, English often uses a subject such as it or a structure like there is, while Greek can simply say:

• εκεί έχει περισσότερο ήλιο

In natural English, you might translate that as:

• it gets more sun there
• there is more sun there
• that spot gets more sun

So Greek does not need to spell out a subject the same way English often does.