Επιλέγω πάντα το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι όταν θέλω να διαβάσω.

Greek often drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person.

Here, επιλέγω ends in -ω, which tells you it is 1st person singular: I choose / I am choosing.

So:

• Επιλέγω = I choose
• Εγώ επιλέγω = I choose, but with extra emphasis on I

If εγώ were added, it would usually sound more emphatic, like I choose, not someone else.

Επιλέγω is in the present tense.

In this sentence, it describes a habitual action, not something happening right this second. Greek present tense often does both jobs:

• action happening now
• regular or repeated action

Because of πάντα (always), the meaning is clearly habitual:

• Επιλέγω πάντα... = I always choose...

So this is the normal way to say a repeated habit in Greek.

Πάντα means always.

Its position is natural and common here: it comes after the verb and before the object:

• Επιλέγω πάντα το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι

Greek adverbs are fairly flexible, so you may also hear:

• Πάντα επιλέγω το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι
• Επιλέγω το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι πάντα
  although this last one is less neutral in everyday use

The given order is very natural and straightforward.

Because τραπέζι is a neuter singular noun, and the article and adjective must agree with it.

So:

• το = neuter singular the
• ήσυχο = neuter singular form of ήσυχος (quiet)
• τραπέζι = table, neuter singular

Greek adjectives agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

That is why you get:

• masculine: ο ήσυχος...
• feminine: η ήσυχη...
• neuter: το ήσυχο...

Here the noun is τραπέζι, so the adjective must be ήσυχο.

Normally, πιο + adjective means more + adjective:

• πιο ήσυχο = quieter

But when Greek uses the definite article with this structure, it can express the superlative idea:

• το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι = the quietest table

So literally it looks like the more quiet table, but idiomatically it means the quietest table.

This is a very common way to make the superlative in Modern Greek.

The article το is needed because the phrase means the quietest table, not just a quieter table.

Compare:

• το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι = the quietest table
• ένα πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι = a quieter table

So the article helps turn the phrase into a definite, superlative-style expression.

Modern Greek does not normally use an infinitive the way English does.

English says:

• I want to read

Greek says:

• θέλω να διαβάσω

After verbs like θέλω (I want), Greek uses:

• να + verb

This is one of the most important patterns in Greek.

So:

• θέλω να πάω = I want to go
• θέλω να δω = I want to see
• θέλω να διαβάσω = I want to read

This is a question of aspect, which is very important in Greek.

• να διαβάσω uses the aorist subjunctive form
• να διαβάζω uses the present/imperfective subjunctive form

Very roughly:

• να διαβάσω presents the action as a whole event: to read, to do some reading
• να διαβάζω emphasizes the process, duration, or repeated ongoing activity: to be reading / to read regularly

In this sentence, όταν θέλω να διαβάσω is the natural choice because it means something like when I want to sit down and read.

If you said όταν θέλω να διαβάζω, it would suggest a different nuance, more like wanting to be engaged in reading as an ongoing activity or habit. That is less natural for this sentence.

Όταν means when, but in sentences about habits it often has the sense of whenever.

So here:

• όταν θέλω να διαβάσω = when / whenever I want to read

Because the main verb is habitual (I always choose), the whole sentence describes a repeated pattern. In English, both when and whenever could fit depending on style.

It is the direct object of επιλέγω, so grammatically it is in the accusative case.

However, with many neuter singular nouns in Greek, the nominative and accusative forms are identical. So:

• nominative: το τραπέζι
• accusative: το τραπέζι

The form does not change, but its job in the sentence does.

Here it is the thing being chosen, so it is the direct object.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The given sentence is neutral and natural:

• Επιλέγω πάντα το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι όταν θέλω να διαβάσω.

But you could also say:

• Όταν θέλω να διαβάσω, επιλέγω πάντα το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι.
• Πάντα επιλέγω το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι όταν θέλω να διαβάσω.

These versions are also correct. The difference is mostly about focus and style, not basic meaning.

Yes. That is another correct way to say the quietest table.

Greek has two common ways to express this idea:

• το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι
• το ησυχότερο τραπέζι

The πιο structure is extremely common in Modern Greek and often sounds more natural in everyday speech.

So both are correct, but το πιο ήσυχο τραπέζι is a very normal, modern choice.