Ανακουφίζομαι όταν ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Ανακουφίζομαι → a-na-koo-FEE-zo-me
• όταν → O-tan
• ακούω → a-KOO-o
• ότι → O-ti
• όλα → O-la
• είναι → EE-ne
• καλά → ka-LA

A rough full-sentence pronunciation:

a-na-koo-FEE-zo-me O-tan a-KOO-o O-ti O-la EE-ne ka-LA

The stressed syllables are marked by the written accents:

• ανακουφίζομαι
• όταν
• ακούω
• ότι
• όλα
• είναι
• καλά

It is in the middle/passive form of the verb, but here it does not mean a straightforward passive like I am being relieved by someone.

In this sentence, Ανακουφίζομαι means something like:

• I feel relieved
• I am relieved

So this is a very common Greek pattern where a verb has middle/passive endings but an active, state-like meaning.

That is why you should learn ανακουφίζομαι here as a whole unit meaning to feel relieved / to be relieved, not as a literal passive you need to translate word-for-word.

It is present tense.

In Greek, the present tense often covers both:

• simple present → I feel relieved
• present progressive → I am feeling relieved

In this particular sentence, the most natural sense is usually general/habitual:

• I feel relieved when I hear that everything is fine

So Greek present tense is often broader than English, and context tells you whether it is habitual, ongoing, or both.

όταν means when.

In this sentence it introduces the time clause:

• όταν ακούω... → when I hear...

With the present tense, όταν can often have the sense of whenever in English:

• Ανακουφίζομαι όταν ακούω...
• I feel relieved whenever I hear...

So even though English may use when, the idea is often a repeated or typical situation.

Because the sentence describes a general repeated situation:

• When I hear that everything is fine, I feel relieved

Both verbs are in the present because the speaker is talking about what generally happens.

Greek often uses:

• present + present

for truths, habits, and repeated reactions like this one.

If you were talking about a single future event, Greek would usually structure it differently.

ότι here means that.

It introduces the content of what is heard:

• ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά
• I hear that everything is fine

So the structure is:

• ακούω = I hear
• ότι... = that...
• όλα είναι καλά = everything is fine

This is very common after verbs like:

• λέω → say
• ξέρω → know
• νομίζω → think
• ακούω → hear

Yes, in most cases you can.

You could also say:

• Ανακουφίζομαι όταν ακούω πως όλα είναι καλά.

Both ότι and πως can mean that in this kind of sentence.

A useful learner rule is:

• ότι = that
• πως = that

In everyday Greek, πως is very common in speech. ότι may feel a bit more neutral or slightly more formal/written, but both are standard.

Because it is a different word from ό,τι.

Compare:

• ότι = that
• ό,τι = whatever / anything that

So in your sentence:

• ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά
• I hear that everything is fine

it must be ότι.

This spelling difference is important, because the two words do not mean the same thing.

Greek often expresses everything with όλα, which is literally the neuter plural form meaning all things.

So:

• όλα = everything / all things

This is perfectly normal Greek and very common.

English uses a singular-looking word, everything, but Greek naturally uses the plural form όλα.

Because καλά agrees with όλα.

• όλα is neuter plural
• so the adjective must also be neuter plural
• καλά = good / fine

That is why you get:

• όλα είναι καλά = everything is fine

If the subject were singular neuter, you would expect καλό instead.

Because όλα is being used here as a pronoun, not as an adjective before a noun.

Compare:

• όλα είναι καλά → everything is fine
• όλα τα βιβλία → all the books

In the first example, όλα stands alone and means everything.

In the second, όλα modifies a noun, so you get:

• όλα τα + noun

Because the sentence means hear that..., not hear someone do something.

Greek usually uses:

• ακούω ότι / πως... = I hear that...
• ακούω να... = I hear someone/something doing...

Compare:

• Ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά.
  I hear that everything is fine.

• Ακούω το παιδί να τραγουδά.
  I hear the child singing.

So in your sentence, ότι is exactly the right choice.

Yes. Greek word order is fairly flexible.

You can also say:

• Όταν ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά, ανακουφίζομαι.

This means the same thing as:

• Ανακουφίζομαι όταν ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά.

The difference is mainly one of focus or style:

• starting with Ανακουφίζομαι emphasizes the reaction first
• starting with Όταν ακούω... emphasizes the situation first

Both are natural.

Here it means hear.

That is because it is followed by a that-clause:

• ακούω ότι... = I hear that...

The verb ακούω can also mean listen (to) in other contexts, but in this sentence the meaning is clearly hear.

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It sounds like a normal way to say that hearing good news makes the speaker feel relieved.

A very close everyday alternative would be:

• Ανακουφίζομαι όταν ακούω πως όλα είναι καλά.

And another natural variation is:

• Νιώθω ανακούφιση όταν ακούω ότι όλα είναι καλά.

But your original sentence is already perfectly good Greek.