Η πωλήτρια ήταν πολύ πρόθυμη και μου έφερε άλλο νούμερο χωρίς να τη ρωτήσω δεύτερη φορά.

Πωλήτρια means saleswoman, female shop assistant, or female salesperson. It is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine article η.

In this sentence, the speaker is referring to a woman working in the store, so η πωλήτρια is the natural choice.

A few related forms are:

• ο πωλητής = the salesman / male salesperson
• η πωλήτρια = the saleswoman / female salesperson

In many shopping contexts, English might say sales assistant, while Greek often uses πωλητής / πωλήτρια.

Ήταν is the imperfect of είμαι (to be).

Here it means was and is used to describe a past state or quality:

• Η πωλήτρια ήταν πολύ πρόθυμη = The saleswoman was very helpful/willing

Greek often uses the imperfect for background description or ongoing states in the past. That contrasts nicely with μου έφερε, which is a single completed action.

So the sentence has this pattern:

• ήταν = background description in the past
• έφερε = one completed action in the past

Because πρόθυμη agrees with η πωλήτρια, which is feminine singular.

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

So here:

• η πωλήτρια = feminine singular
• πρόθυμη = feminine singular adjective form

Compare:

• ο πωλητής ήταν πολύ πρόθυμος = the salesman was very willing/helpful
• η πωλήτρια ήταν πολύ πρόθυμη = the saleswoman was very willing/helpful
• το παιδί ήταν πολύ πρόθυμο = the child was very willing/helpful

Also, πολύ means very here and does not change form.

Literally, πρόθυμη means willing, ready, or eager. But in this sentence, a more natural English sense is something like:

• helpful
• accommodating
• happy to help

So ήταν πολύ πρόθυμη does not necessarily mean she was eager in an emotional sense. It usually means she was cooperative and helpful.

Μου is the weak pronoun meaning to me or for me.

So:

• μου έφερε = she brought me / she brought to me

Grammatically, this is the indirect object.

A useful pattern to remember:

• μου δίνει = she gives me
• μου λέει = she tells me
• μου φέρνει = she brings me

Even though μου is also the form used for my in some contexts, here it does not mean possession. It means to me.

Έφερε is the aorist of φέρνω (to bring), and it presents the action as one complete event.

So:

• μου έφερε άλλο νούμερο = she brought me another size

This is a single finished action, so the aorist is the natural choice.

If you said έφερνε, that would be the imperfect and would suggest something more like:

• she was bringing
• she used to bring
• she kept bringing

That would not fit this situation as well.

So the sentence contrasts:

• ήταν = ongoing state
• έφερε = completed action

Yes, νούμερο literally means number, but in shopping contexts it often means size.

So:

• άλλο νούμερο = another size

This is especially common with clothes and shoes, where sizes are thought of as numbered sizes.

Also notice the agreement:

• νούμερο is neuter singular
• άλλο is the neuter singular form of άλλος (other / another)

So:

• άλλος = masculine
• άλλη = feminine
• άλλο = neuter

Greek often leaves out the indefinite article where English would use a/an.

So άλλο νούμερο naturally means:

• another size
• a different size

You could sometimes hear ένα άλλο νούμερο, but in many contexts Greek simply says άλλο νούμερο.

That is very normal. Greek does not always require an explicit equivalent of a/an.

Χωρίς να means without doing something.

This is a very common Greek structure:

• χωρίς να μιλήσω = without speaking
• χωρίς να δω = without seeing
• χωρίς να ρωτήσω = without asking

English uses without + -ing, but Greek usually uses:

• χωρίς + να + subjunctive

So in this sentence:

• χωρίς να τη ρωτήσω δεύτερη φορά = without asking her a second time

This part breaks down like this:

• τη = her
• ρωτήσω = ask in the aorist subjunctive
• να = the particle that introduces the subjunctive

So:

• να τη ρωτήσω = for me to ask her

In the full phrase:

• χωρίς να τη ρωτήσω = without asking her

A few important points:

1. τη refers back to την πωλήτρια
2. Greek weak object pronouns usually come before the verb:
   • τη ρωτάω = I ask her
   • τη ρώτησα = I asked her
   • να τη ρωτήσω = for me to ask her
3. ρωτήσω is aorist subjunctive because the speaker means a single whole act of asking

Both forms come from the same pronoun, but Greek often drops the final -ν in την before many consonants.

Since ρωτήσω begins with ρ, the shorter form τη is normal here:

• να τη ρωτήσω

You may also see την in some writing or speech, but τη is the expected everyday form in this sentence.

This happens with other weak pronouns too:

• τον βλέπω / sometimes shortened depending on context
• τη λέω
• το θέλω

So τη here simply means her.

After χωρίς να, Greek normally uses the subjunctive. That is why you get να ρωτήσω, not the plain dictionary form ρωτάω.

More specifically, ρωτήσω is the aorist subjunctive, which presents the act of asking as a single complete event.

That fits the meaning perfectly:

• without asking her a second time

If you used a present subjunctive form such as να ρωτάω, it would sound more like an ongoing or repeated action, which is not the idea here.

So the sentence is talking about one specific possible action that did not need to happen: asking again.

Δεύτερη φορά means a second time.

That is different from δύο φορές, which means twice.

In many situations the meanings are close, but the Greek phrasing here focuses on repetition in sequence:

• first time
• second time

So:

• χωρίς να τη ρωτήσω δεύτερη φορά = without asking her a second time

This is very natural Greek.

Also, δεύτερη agrees with φορά, which is feminine:

• η φορά = time / occasion
• δεύτερη φορά = second time

Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when the subject is already clear from context.

Here, the subject is already introduced:

• Η πωλήτρια ήταν πολύ πρόθυμη

Then the sentence continues with another verb:

• και μου έφερε άλλο νούμερο

Greek does not need to add a separate word for she. The subject is still understood to be the saleswoman.

This is very common in Greek and is one reason Greek sentences can feel more compact than English ones.