Αν φύγουμε τώρα, θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα στη συνάντηση.

Αν means if and introduces the condition.

So Αν φύγουμε τώρα means If we leave now.
The second part, θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα στη συνάντηση, gives the result: we will arrive at the meeting on time.

This is a very common Greek pattern for real or likely future situations:

• Αν + verb
• θα + verb

This is one of the most common questions learners have.

Φεύγουμε means we are leaving / we leave in an ordinary present-tense form.

But after αν in a sentence like this, Greek normally uses the form φύγουμε, not φεύγουμε.
Φύγουμε is the form used for a single complete action in this kind of future condition.

So:

• Αν φύγουμε τώρα = If we leave now
• not usually Αν φεύγουμε τώρα for this meaning

A simple way to think of it:

• φεύγουμε = present / ongoing / habitual
• φύγουμε = one complete act of leaving

In learner-friendly terms, φύγουμε is the we form used for a complete action in dependent contexts like this.

Many grammars describe it as the aorist subjunctive-type form or perfective non-past form.

You will often see this kind of form after:

• να
• θα
• αν

For example:

• να φύγουμε = to leave / that we leave / let's leave
• θα φύγουμε = we will leave
• αν φύγουμε = if we leave

So even though there is no να here, the verb is still in that same kind of form.

Because Greek verbs already show the subject in their endings.

Both φύγουμε and φτάσουμε mean we leave / we may leave and we will arrive, because the ending -ουμε tells you the subject is we.

So Greek often does not need a separate pronoun like we:

• φύγουμε = we leave
• φτάσουμε = we arrive

You can add εμείς for emphasis, but it is not necessary here.

Θα φτάσουμε means we will arrive.

In Modern Greek, θα is the particle used to form the future.
So:

• φτάσουμε = the verb form
• θα φτάσουμε = we will arrive

This is the normal way to make the future in Greek.

For the same reason as with φύγουμε.

Greek often uses the complete-action form after θα when talking about one future event.
Arriving at the meeting is seen as one completed action, so Greek uses φτάσουμε.

Compare:

• θα φτάσουμε = we will arrive
• φτάνουμε = we arrive / we are arriving

So θα φτάσουμε is the natural choice for we will get there.

Normally, no.

In standard Greek, you do not usually put θα directly after αν in this kind of conditional sentence.

So the normal pattern is:

• Αν φύγουμε τώρα, θα φτάσουμε...

not:

• Αν θα φύγουμε τώρα, θα φτάσουμε...

This is different from English, where learners may be tempted to match if with will. Greek does not usually do that here.

It is a real/open future condition.

It means the speaker sees the condition as a real possibility:

• If we leave now, we will arrive on time.

It is not something imaginary or impossible. It is a practical, likely situation.

So this sentence is very close to the English first conditional.

Not exactly.

Έγκαιρα means on time, in time, or in a timely way.
It focuses on meeting the required time.

Νωρίς means early.

So:

• θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα = we will arrive in time / on time
• θα φτάσουμε νωρίς = we will arrive early

You can arrive έγκαιρα without being especially early. It just means you are not late.

Because στη is the usual contracted form of σε τη.

• σε = to / at / in
• τη = the (feminine accusative singular)

Together, they normally become:

• στη

So:

• στη συνάντηση = to the meeting / at the meeting

This contraction is extremely common in Greek:

• στο = σε το
• στη = σε τη
• στον = σε τον

Because the preposition σε takes the accusative in Modern Greek.

The dictionary form is:

• η συνάντηση = the meeting

After σε, it becomes:

• τη συνάντηση
• contracted: στη συνάντηση

So the noun is in the accusative because of the preposition.

In this sentence, to the meeting is the most natural translation, because the idea is arriving there.

So:

• θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα στη συνάντηση = we will arrive at the meeting on time or we will get to the meeting on time

Depending on context, σε can sometimes mean at, in, or to, but here it clearly refers to destination.

Because that is a very natural word order in Greek.

• Αν φύγουμε τώρα = If we leave now

Greek word order is more flexible than English, so τώρα could move in some contexts, but this placement sounds normal and straightforward.

For example:

• Αν τώρα φύγουμε... is possible, but it gives τώρα more emphasis.
• Αν φύγουμε τώρα... is the neutral version.

The comma separates the two parts of the conditional sentence:

• Αν φύγουμε τώρα = the condition
• θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα στη συνάντηση = the result

In writing, Greek often uses a comma in this structure, just as English does:

• If we leave now, we’ll arrive on time.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

An FEE-goo-me TO-ra, tha FTA-soo-me ENG-ke-ra sti see-NAN-tee-see.

A few helpful notes:

• φ sounds like English f
• θ sounds like th in think
• γ before ο / ου here sounds like a softer g/gh sound; in φύγουμε learners often approximate it as goo
• Stress matters in Greek, so notice:
  • φύγουμε
  • φτάσουμε
  • έγκαιρα
  • συνάντηση

You do not need a perfect accent right away, but keeping the stress in the right place helps a lot.

Yes, in some contexts, but it is not exactly the same.

• έγκαιρα = on time / in time
• στην ώρα μας = literally at our time, meaning on time

Both can work, but έγκαιρα is a little more formal or neutral in tone, and it fits very naturally here.

So the original sentence is completely idiomatic:

• Αν φύγουμε τώρα, θα φτάσουμε έγκαιρα στη συνάντηση.