Με την πένσα ο μπαμπάς μου πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα.

Με την πένσα means with the pliers.

Greek uses με + accusative to express with, including the idea of an instrument or tool.

• με = with
• την πένσα = the pliers

So:

• Με την πένσα = with the pliers

Starting the sentence this way gives a little emphasis to the tool being used. Greek word order is more flexible than English, so this fronted phrase is completely natural.

Because πένσα is a feminine singular noun, and after με we use the accusative case.

So the forms are:

• nominative: η πένσα
• accusative: την πένσα

That is why the sentence has με την πένσα.

Yes. In Greek, η πένσα is normally treated as a singular feminine noun, even though English uses the plural word pliers.

So:

• η πένσα = the pliers
• μια πένσα = a pair of pliers / pliers

If you were talking about several pliers, you could use the plural πένσες, but for one tool Greek usually uses the singular.

In Greek, possessive words like μου often come after the noun.

So:

• ο μπαμπάς = the dad / dad
• μου = my

Together:

• ο μπαμπάς μου = my dad

This is the normal Greek pattern:

• η μαμά μου = my mom
• ο φίλος μου = my friend
• το σπίτι μου = my house

The article is also normal in Greek, so even though English says my dad, Greek usually says literally the dad my.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English.

So ο μπαμπάς μου is the usual, natural way to say my dad.

You may sometimes hear the article omitted in special contexts, especially in direct address, but in a normal sentence like this, ο μπαμπάς μου is what you expect.

Πιάνει is from the verb πιάνω. It has several meanings depending on context, including:

• catch
• grab
• hold
• touch
• take hold of

In this sentence, it means something like:

• grabs
• takes hold of
• can grip

So the full idea is that the dad is able to get hold of the small nail more easily by using the pliers.

Formally, πιάνει is:

• present tense
• 3rd person singular
• active voice

So:

• εγώ πιάνω = I grab
• αυτός/αυτή πιάνει = he/she grabs

Because καρφί is a neuter singular noun, and here it is the direct object of the verb, so it is in the accusative. For neuter singular nouns like this one, the nominative and accusative look the same.

The adjective also has to match the noun in gender, number, and case:

• το = neuter singular accusative article
• μικρό = neuter singular accusative adjective
• καρφί = nail

So:

• το μικρό καρφί = the small nail

Because that is the normal position for an attributive adjective in Greek: the adjective usually comes between the article and the noun, or after the noun with another article.

Common pattern:

• το μικρό καρφί = the small nail

Another possible pattern is:

• το καρφί το μικρό

But in ordinary speech, το μικρό καρφί is the straightforward, neutral version.

Πιο εύκολα means more easily.

Breakdown:

• πιο = more
• εύκολα = easily

So this is the comparative form of the adverb:

• εύκολα = easily
• πιο εύκολα = more easily

Greek very often forms comparatives with πιο instead of changing the word itself.

Because here Greek needs an adverb, not an adjective.

• εύκολο = easy (adjective, neuter singular)
• εύκολα = easily (adverb)

In the sentence, πιο εύκολα describes how the dad grips the nail, so an adverb is needed:

• πιάνει ... πιο εύκολα = he grips ... more easily

Greek word order is much more flexible because case endings and articles help show what each word is doing.

A very neutral English-style order would be something like:

• Ο μπαμπάς μου πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα με την πένσα.

But Greek can also say:

• Με την πένσα ο μπαμπάς μου πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα.

Putting Με την πένσα first highlights the means or tool: with the pliers.

So the sentence does not sound scrambled to a Greek speaker. It just has a different emphasis.

Yes. Greek often omits the subject if it is clear from the verb form.

So you could say:

• Με την πένσα πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα.

That can mean He grips the small nail more easily with the pliers, if the person is already understood from context.

But in your sentence, ο μπαμπάς μου is included to make the subject explicit.

Greek often expresses that idea without a separate verb like can, especially when the context already suggests ability or ease.

So:

• πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα literally means he grips the small nail more easily
• but in natural English, depending on context, it may be understood as he can grip the small nail more easily

If Greek wanted to say can more explicitly, it might use a different structure, but the original sentence is perfectly natural for expressing practical ease.

The articles and cases help you.

• ο μπαμπάς μου is in the nominative, so it is the subject: my dad
• το μικρό καρφί is the direct object, so it is the thing being grabbed: the small nail

Even though the word order is flexible, these forms help you understand the sentence structure.

A very neutral version would be:

• Ο μπαμπάς μου πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα με την πένσα.

This means the same thing.

The original version:

• Με την πένσα ο μπαμπάς μου πιάνει το μικρό καρφί πιο εύκολα.

simply gives more emphasis to with the pliers at the beginning.