Η συνεργάτιδά μου δεν είναι εδώ σήμερα· δουλεύει από το σπίτι.

συνεργάτιδα means female colleague, female associate, or sometimes female collaborator/partner, depending on context.

It is feminine because the noun itself is feminine and refers to a woman.
The masculine form is συνεργάτης.

So:

• ο συνεργάτης μου = my male colleague / associate
• η συνεργάτιδά μου = my female colleague / associate

In this sentence, Greek makes the person’s gender explicit in a way English often does not.

This is a very common question. The extra accent in συνεργάτιδά μου appears because of Greek stress rules when a weak possessive word like μου follows.

The basic noun is:

• η συνεργάτιδα

When you add the unstressed possessive μου (my), Greek often adds a second written accent if needed to preserve the original stress pattern:

• η συνεργάτιδά μου

You will see this with other words too, especially longer ones:

• ο δάσκαλός μου = my teacher
• το τηλέφωνό μου = my phone

So the extra accent is not changing the meaning; it is showing correct pronunciation and stress.

In Greek, possessive pronouns such as μου (my), σου (your), and του/της (his/her) usually come after the noun.

So Greek says literally:

• η συνεργάτιδά μου = the colleague my

but in natural English, that becomes my colleague.

This word order is completely normal in Greek:

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• ο φίλος μου = my friend
• η αδερφή μου = my sister

η is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English does, including in phrases where English would simply say my colleague. So:

• η συνεργάτιδά μου literally = the colleague of mine
• natural English = my colleague

In many cases, Greek strongly prefers the article with a possessive:

• ο φίλος μου
• η μητέρα μου
• το βιβλίο μου

Leaving out the article here would usually sound unnatural.

Yes. δεν is the normal negation word used before verbs in many everyday statements.

So:

• είναι = is
• δεν είναι = is not

Examples:

• Είναι εδώ. = He/She is here.
• Δεν είναι εδώ. = He/She is not here.

A useful pattern to remember is:

• δεν + verb = not + verb

Because Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb form or the context.

Here:

• δουλεύει = he/she/it works / is working

Since the previous clause already mentions my colleague, it is clear that δουλεύει refers to she.

Greek does this all the time:

• Μιλάει. = He/She is speaking.
• Έρχεται. = He/She is coming.
• Δουλεύει από το σπίτι. = He/She is working from home.

You can add αυτή for emphasis, but it is usually unnecessary here.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Greek present tense often covers both:

• δουλεύει = works
• δουλεύει = is working

In this sentence, because of σήμερα (today) and the situation being described, English naturally translates it as:

• she is working from home

But in another context, it could mean:

• she works from home

So the Greek form is the same, and context tells you which English version fits best.

Yes, από usually means from, and here it still does.

• από = from
• το σπίτι = the house / home

So δουλεύει από το σπίτι literally means she works from the home, but in natural English we say:

• she works from home
• she is working from home

Greek often uses το σπίτι where English prefers just home.

Compare:

• Είμαι στο σπίτι. = I’m at home.
• Δουλεύω από το σπίτι. = I work from home.

Greek often uses the article where English does not.

So although English says from home, Greek normally says:

• από το σπίτι = literally from the home

This is very natural Greek. The article is not making it unusually specific in the way the home might sound in English.

The same thing happens in many other expressions:

• πάω στο σχολείο = I go to school
• είμαι στο σπίτι = I am at home

That mark is called the ano teleia in Greek. It is a kind of raised dot.

In modern writing, it often works like a semicolon or sometimes like a strong pause, similar to a colon/semicolon in English.

So:

• Η συνεργάτιδά μου δεν είναι εδώ σήμερα· δουλεύει από το σπίτι.

means the two clauses are closely connected:

• My colleague isn’t here today; she’s working from home.

Important: the Greek question mark is ;, which looks like an English semicolon. So this raised dot · is not a question mark.

Yes, σήμερα can move around somewhat because Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

Here:

• δεν είναι εδώ σήμερα = is not here today

This is perfectly natural.

You could also hear:

• σήμερα δεν είναι εδώ
• δεν είναι σήμερα εδώ

But the original sentence sounds very normal and neutral.

Greek often changes word order for emphasis, rhythm, or style more freely than English does.

Yes, εδώ literally means here.

So:

• δεν είναι εδώ σήμερα = she is not here today

Depending on context, English could also phrase this as:

• she isn’t in today
• she’s not here today
• she’s not in the office today

But the Greek word itself is simply here. The fuller interpretation comes from context.

It depends on context. συνεργάτιδα can mean:

• colleague
• associate
• coworker
• collaborator
• sometimes partner in a professional sense

In an office-style sentence like this one, colleague or coworker is usually the most natural English choice.

So the sentence could be understood as:

• My colleague isn’t here today; she’s working from home.

That is probably the most idiomatic everyday translation.