Breakdown of Όταν τελειώνει η συνάντηση, πάμε μαζί σπίτι.
Questions & Answers about Όταν τελειώνει η συνάντηση, πάμε μαζί σπίτι.
Because this sentence describes a habitual/repeated situation: whenever the meeting ends, we go home together.
In Greek, the present tense is often used for actions that happen regularly:
- Όταν τελειώνει η συνάντηση, πάμε μαζί σπίτι.
= whenever the meeting ends, we go home together
If you were talking about one specific future meeting, Greek would usually change the form:
- Όταν τελειώσει η συνάντηση, θα πάμε μαζί σπίτι.
= when the meeting ends, we’ll go home together
So here, τελειώνει suggests a repeated or usual pattern, not just one future event.
Τελειώνει is the 3rd person singular form of τελειώνω.
Here it means:
- it ends
- it finishes
- literally, the meeting ends
So:
- η συνάντηση τελειώνει = the meeting ends
This verb can be used both:
- intransitively: Η ταινία τελειώνει. = the film ends
- transitively: Τελειώνω τη δουλειά. = I finish the work
In this sentence, it is intransitive, because the meeting itself is ending.