Η καθηγήτρια διορθώνει ήρεμα την προφορά μας.

Η is the feminine singular definite article, so here it means the.

It matches καθηγήτρια because καθηγήτρια is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case:

• η καθηγήτρια = the teacher / the female teacher / the professor

Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, so you cannot use just one form like English the for everything.

Καθηγήτρια is the feminine form meaning female teacher / female professor.

Greek nouns have grammatical gender, and words referring to people often show natural gender too:

• ο καθηγητής = the male teacher / professor
• η καθηγήτρια = the female teacher / professor

So this sentence specifically refers to a woman.

Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed. The verb ending already tells you the subject is he/she/it.

Here:

• διορθώνει = he/she/it corrects or is correcting

Since the subject noun Η καθηγήτρια is already present, adding she would be unnecessary.

This is very common in Greek. English usually needs the subject pronoun, but Greek often does not.

Διορθώνει is:

• present tense
• 3rd person singular
• from the verb διορθώνω = to correct

So it means:

• she corrects
• or she is correcting

Greek present tense can often correspond to both the simple present and the present progressive in English, depending on context.

Because ήρεμα is an adverb, not an adjective.

It describes how the teacher corrects:

• διορθώνει ήρεμα = corrects calmly

An adjective would describe a noun, but here the word modifies the verb διορθώνει.

A useful comparison:

• ήρεμη καθηγήτρια = a calm teacher → adjective describing the teacher
• διορθώνει ήρεμα = corrects calmly → adverb describing the action

Because προφορά is the direct object of the verb, so it must be in the accusative case.

Compare:

• η προφορά = nominative, used for the subject
• την προφορά = accusative, used for the direct object

In this sentence, the thing being corrected is our pronunciation, so προφορά is not the subject. That is why the article changes to την.

Notice that the noun προφορά itself looks the same here; the article shows the case clearly.

Here μας means our.

So:

• την προφορά μας = our pronunciation

In Greek, weak possessive pronouns like μου, σου, μας, σας, τους usually come after the noun:

• το βιβλίο μου = my book
• η τάξη μας = our class
• την προφορά μας = our pronunciation

This is different from English, where our comes before the noun.

Also, μας can mean us in other contexts, so position and grammar matter:

• μας διορθώνει = she corrects us
• την προφορά μας = our pronunciation

Because Greek normally keeps the definite article even when a possessive word is present.

So Greek says:

• την προφορά μας

Literally this is something like:

• the pronunciation our

But in natural English, you simply say:

• our pronunciation

This is a very normal Greek pattern:

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η μητέρα της = her mother
• οι φίλοι μας = our friends

So for an English speaker, the important thing to remember is: Greek often uses article + noun + possessive pronoun.

No, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Η καθηγήτρια διορθώνει ήρεμα την προφορά μας.

But Greek could also move parts around for emphasis, for example:

• Η καθηγήτρια την προφορά μας τη διορθώνει ήρεμα.
• Ήρεμα διορθώνει την προφορά μας η καθηγήτρια.

These alternatives may sound more marked or more literary depending on context, but they are possible because Greek uses endings and articles to show grammatical roles.

English depends much more heavily on word order to show who is doing what.

The accent mark shows which syllable is stressed.

So you stress:

• καθηγήτρια
• διορθώνει
• ήρεμα
• προφορά

Stress matters in Greek pronunciation, and it is written, which is helpful for learners.

A good habit is to learn each new Greek word together with its stress, not just its letters.

A rough pronunciation for an English speaker is:

ee kathee-YEE-tria thior-THO-nee EE-rema teen profo-RA mas

A few useful notes:

• η / ι / υ / ει / οι often sound like ee
• θ sounds like th in think
• δ sounds like th in this
• γ can sound different depending on the following vowel, so don’t expect it to always sound like English g

This rough guide is only approximate, but it can help you begin reading the sentence aloud.