Η φίλη μου κοντεύει να ξεχάσει το πανωφόρι της κάθε φορά που βιάζεται.

Because Greek normally keeps the definite article with possessives.

So:

• η φίλη μου = my friend
• literally, it looks like the friend my

This is very natural in Greek. English drops the, but Greek usually does not.

You can sometimes hear φίλη μου without the article, but that is more marked and often used in special contexts, such as direct address or a particular style. In a neutral sentence, η φίλη μου is the standard choice.

Yes. Η φίλη μου can mean either:

• my female friend
• my girlfriend

Context normally tells you which one is meant.

If someone wants to make girlfriend clearer, Greek often uses η κοπέλα μου. But η φίλη μου is still very common and can be ambiguous in exactly the same way.

They are unstressed possessive pronouns, often called clitic possessives.

In this sentence:

• η φίλη μου = my friend
• το πανωφόρι της = her coat

Greek usually places these short possessive forms after the noun:

• μου = my
• σου = your
• του = his / its
• της = her / its
• μας = our
• σας = your
• τους = their

So the order is different from English:

• English: my friend
• Greek: friend my

Κοντεύει να means is close to, is on the verge of, or very often almost.

So κοντεύει να ξεχάσει means:

• she almost forgets
• she is close to forgetting

It does not mean physical closeness here. It is an idiomatic expression:

• κοντεύω να + verb

Examples:

• Κοντεύω να τρελαθώ. = I’m about to go crazy / I’m almost going crazy.
• Κόντευε να πέσει. = He/She almost fell.

Modern Greek does not use the old infinitive the way English does. Instead, it usually uses:

• να + finite verb

So where English says:

• to forget

Greek says:

• να ξεχάσει

This is the normal Greek structure after many verbs and expressions, including κοντεύω να.

So:

• κοντεύει να ξεχάσει = she almost forgets / she is close to forgetting

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

• να ξεχάσει = aorist subjunctive
• να ξεχνάει = present subjunctive

Greek uses the aorist here because forgetting the coat is viewed as a single complete event each time.

So:

• να ξεχάσει = to forget it on a given occasion
• να ξεχνάει = to be forgetting / to forget repeatedly as an ongoing pattern

In this sentence, the idea is: each time she is in a hurry, she comes close to committing that one act of forgetting the coat. That is why να ξεχάσει fits better.

Also note that the stem changes because the aorist of ξεχνάω / ξεχνώ is ξέχασα, so the subjunctive form is ξεχάσει.

Πανωφόρι is a neuter noun meaning an outer garment, such as:

• coat
• jacket
• overcoat
• outerwear

In many contexts, coat is a very good translation, but the Greek word can be slightly broader depending on the situation.

Here:

• το πανωφόρι της = her coat / her outerwear

Grammatically:

• το = neuter singular article
• πανωφόρι = neuter singular noun

That is because the verb βιάζομαι means to hurry, to rush, or to be in a hurry, even though its form is middle/passive.

So:

• βιάζεται = he/she is in a hurry, he/she rushes

This is normal in Greek. Some verbs have middle/passive forms but active meanings.

A very important warning: do not confuse it with βιάζω, which is a different verb with very different meanings, such as to force. The everyday expression for being in a hurry is βιάζομαι.

Κάθε φορά που means:

• every time that
• whenever

So yes, it is very close to whenever.

Examples:

• Κάθε φορά που βιάζεται... = Every time she is in a hurry...
• Κάθε φορά που τον βλέπω... = Every time I see him...

A shorter alternative is often όποτε, but κάθε φορά που is very explicit and common.

Because the sentence describes a habitual repeated situation.

It is not about one single occasion only. The idea is:

• whenever she is in a hurry, this almost happens

Greek often uses the present tense for repeated or general truths like this.

So:

• κοντεύει = she almost does
• βιάζεται = she is in a hurry

Both are present because the whole sentence describes a recurring pattern.

Because simple της is enough for a normal possessive.

• το πανωφόρι της = her coat

If you say:

• το δικό της πανωφόρι

that adds emphasis, something like:

• her own coat
• her coat, not someone else’s

So the sentence uses the simpler form because no contrast is needed.

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

The sentence could also be:

• Κάθε φορά που βιάζεται, η φίλη μου κοντεύει να ξεχάσει το πανωφόρι της.

This means the same thing. The difference is mainly one of emphasis or flow.

The original order is perfectly natural, but Greek often moves time expressions like κάθε φορά που βιάζεται to the front if the speaker wants to set the scene first.