Έστειλα την αίτηση τελευταία στιγμή.

Έστειλα is the 1st person singular aorist of στέλνω, meaning I sent.

A few useful details:

• στέλνω = I send / I am sending
• έστειλα = I sent

The aorist is the normal Greek past tense for a single completed action. Here, the speaker is talking about one finished act of sending the application.

You may also notice the έ- at the beginning. This is a common past-tense augment in Greek verbs.

Because Greek often does not need an explicit subject pronoun.

The ending of Έστειλα already tells you the subject is I. So Greek usually leaves out εγώ unless the speaker wants extra emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Έστειλα την αίτηση. = I sent the application.
• Εγώ έστειλα την αίτηση. = I sent the application (with emphasis, maybe contrasting with someone else)

This is very normal in Greek.

Because την αίτηση is the direct object of the verb Έστειλα.

• η αίτηση = the application as a subject form
• την αίτηση = the application as an object form

Greek uses cases, and the direct object usually goes in the accusative.

So:

• η αίτηση έφτασε = the application arrived
• έστειλα την αίτηση = I sent the application

Here, the speaker is doing the sending, and the application is what gets sent, so Greek uses την αίτηση.

The dictionary form is η αίτηση.

It is a feminine noun meaning things like:

• application
• request
• petition

In this sentence, it most naturally means application.

So the forms here are:

• η αίτηση = nominative singular
• την αίτηση = accusative singular

The noun itself stays the same here; the article changes and shows the case clearly.

Greek uses the definite article very often, including with direct objects.

So την αίτηση means the application. In context, this usually refers to a specific application that both speaker and listener can identify.

In English, we sometimes say I sent the application, I sent my application, or even just I sent in the application. Greek often prefers an article where English may be a little looser.

If you specifically wanted my application, you would normally say:

• Έστειλα την αίτησή μου.

It means at the last moment or at the last minute.

Word by word:

• τελευταία = last
• στιγμή = moment

Together, they form a common expression meaning that something was done very late, just before the deadline or just before it was too late.

So it is not just a random adjective + noun combination here; it functions as a very common time expression.

Because Greek can use certain time expressions adverbially without a preposition.

In English, we normally say at the last minute. Greek does not always need a word corresponding to at in these expressions.

So:

• τελευταία στιγμή can mean at the last moment / at the last minute

This is something English speakers often have to get used to: Greek does not always express time phrases in the same way English does.

Yes. Την τελευταία στιγμή is also very common and very natural.

So you may hear both:

• Έστειλα την αίτηση τελευταία στιγμή.
• Έστειλα την αίτηση την τελευταία στιγμή.

Both mean essentially the same thing.

A helpful way to think about it:

• τελευταία στιγμή can feel a bit more like a fixed adverbial expression
• την τελευταία στιγμή can feel a bit more like at the last moment as a full noun phrase

In everyday Greek, both are used.

Because Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

This sentence has a very natural pattern:

• verb
  • object
    • time expression

So:

• Έστειλα = verb
• την αίτηση = object
• τελευταία στιγμή = when it happened

But Greek could move parts around for emphasis. For example:

• Τελευταία στιγμή έστειλα την αίτηση.
  This puts more focus on at the last minute.

• Την αίτηση έστειλα τελευταία στιγμή.
  This can emphasize the application.

So the given word order is natural, but not the only possible one.

Because Έστειλα describes a completed event, while έστελνα would describe an ongoing, repeated, or background past action.

Compare:

• Έστειλα την αίτηση. = I sent the application.
  One completed action.

• Έστελνα την αίτηση... = I was sending the application... / I used to send the application...
  This sounds incomplete, repeated, or in progress.

In this sentence, the point is that the application was sent as a single finished act, so the aorist is the correct choice.

A few pronunciation points:

• Έστειλα is pronounced roughly STEE-la
• αίτηση is roughly EH-tee-see
• στιγμή is roughly steeg-MEE

Useful spelling facts:

• ει is pronounced like ee
• αι is pronounced like e in met
• the accent mark shows which syllable is stressed

So:

• Έστειλα → stress on the first syllable
• αίτηση → stress on the first syllable
• τελευταία → stress on -ταί-
• στιγμή → stress on the last syllable

The spelling may look intimidating at first, but the pronunciation is more regular than English.

Yes, αίτηση is fairly neutral-to-formal and is very common in official or administrative contexts.

You use it for things like:

• a job application
• a university application
• an official request form
• a formal request submitted to an office or institution

So in a sentence like this, it strongly suggests something like an official application or request, not just a casual message.

You would usually say:

• Έστειλα την αίτησή μου τελευταία στιγμή.

Here is what changed:

• την αίτηση → την αίτησή μου

This means my application.

You may notice the noun shape changes slightly in writing because of how Greek handles the possessive with the accusative form, but the basic idea is simple:

• η αίτησή μου = my application
• την αίτησή μου = my application as the object

So the full sentence means I sent my application at the last minute.