Κοντεύουμε να φτάσουμε, άρα δεν χρειάζεται να πανικοβάλλεσαι.

Κοντεύω means to get close, to be near, or to be on the verge of something.

With να + verb, it often means:

• to be about to
• to be close to
• to almost

So Κοντεύουμε να φτάσουμε is a natural way to say:

• We’re about to arrive
• We’re almost there

It is more idiomatic than a very literal English rendering.

Because Modern Greek normally uses να + a finite verb where English often uses an infinitive such as to arrive or to panic.

So here:

• να φτάσουμε = to arrive
• να πανικοβάλλεσαι = to panic / to be panicking

Each να introduces its own verb phrase:

• Κοντεύουμε να φτάσουμε = We’re close to arriving
• δεν χρειάζεται να πανικοβάλλεσαι = there’s no need for you to panic

This is very normal in Greek, since the old infinitive is no longer used in everyday Modern Greek.

Φτάσουμε is the aorist form used after να. In learner-friendly terms, Greek is choosing the action as a single complete event: arrive.

That fits well, because arriving is usually seen as an endpoint.

So:

• να φτάσουμε = for us to arrive
• it focuses on the completed arrival as a whole

If you used να φτάνουμε, it would sound more like an ongoing or repeated process, which is not the usual idea here.

A very common pattern in Greek is:

• verb/expression + να
  • aorist
    when the action is seen as one whole event

The ending tells you.

φτάσουμε is first person plural, so it means we arrive / we should arrive / for us to arrive, depending on context.

Here the subject is the same as in κοντεύουμε:

• Κοντεύουμε = we are getting close
• να φτάσουμε = for us to arrive

Greek often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb ending already shows the person and number.

Here χρειάζεται is being used impersonally.

It means something like:

• it is necessary
• there is a need
• it’s needed

So δεν χρειάζεται να πανικοβάλλεσαι literally works like:

• it isn’t necessary for you to panic
• there’s no need for you to panic

That is why it stays in the third person singular.

Greek often prefers this impersonal structure with χρειάζεται.

It is built into the verb πανικοβάλλεσαι.

The ending -εσαι shows second person singular, so the subject is you.

So Greek does not need to say εσύ unless it wants emphasis.

Compare:

• πανικοβάλλεσαι = you panic / you are panicking
• εσύ πανικοβάλλεσαι = you are the one panicking or you are panicking with emphasis

This omission of subject pronouns is very common in Greek.

It has middle/passive-style endings, but its meaning here is not a true passive like you are being panicked.

Instead, πανικοβάλλομαι means:

• to panic
• to get panicked
• to be in a panic

So πανικοβάλλεσαι simply means:

• you panic
• you are panicking

Greek has many verbs that use middle/passive-looking forms with an active meaning. This is one of them.

This is about aspect.

πανικοβάλλεσαι is the present form after να, and that usually gives an ongoing, repeated, or in-progress feel.

So here it suggests something like:

• to be panicking
• to keep panicking
• to panic in a continuing sense

That makes good sense if the speaker is calming someone down right now.

An aorist form would treat the panic more as a single whole event, something like:

• to panic once
• to become panicked

So the present form is very natural here because it sounds like:

• We’re almost there, so you don’t need to be panicking

Άρα means:

• so
• therefore
• thus
• consequently

It introduces a conclusion based on what came before.

So the logic is:

• Κοντεύουμε να φτάσουμε = We’re almost there
• άρα = therefore / so
• δεν χρειάζεται να πανικοβάλλεσαι = you don’t need to panic

Compared with some other Greek words for so, άρα often sounds a bit more like a logical conclusion.

Because the sentence is negating the idea of necessity, not directly negating panic.

So:

• δεν χρειάζεται να πανικοβάλλεσαι = there is no need for you to panic

If you said:

• χρειάζεται να μην πανικοβάλλεσαι

that would mean:

• it is necessary for you not to panic
• you need to stay calm

So the difference is:

• δεν χρειάζεται... = it isn’t necessary...
• να μην... = not to do the action

This is a useful distinction in Greek.