Έρχομαι από το πανεπιστήμιο τώρα.

Because Greek often drops the subject pronoun when it is already clear from the verb ending.

• Έρχομαι already means I come / I am coming
• So εγώ is not necessary

You could say Εγώ έρχομαι από το πανεπιστήμιο τώρα, but that would usually add emphasis, like I’m the one coming from the university now.

Here, έρχομαι means I come or, more naturally in this context, I am coming.

With τώρα (now), the sentence usually has a present, ongoing sense:

• Έρχομαι από το πανεπιστήμιο τώρα = I’m coming from the university now

Depending on context, it can suggest:

• I’m on my way from the university now
• I’m just coming from the university now

That is a very common learner question. In Modern Greek, έρχομαι is a verb with middle/passive-type endings, but its meaning is active.

So:

• έρχομαι = I come / I am coming

It is not passive here. It is simply the normal dictionary form of the verb. In other words, you just learn έρχομαι as the standard verb for come.

These verbs have different meanings:

• έρχομαι = come
• πηγαίνω = go
• φεύγω = leave

Greek, like English, chooses come or go based on perspective.

• έρχομαι is used when the movement is seen as toward the speaker or the listener, or toward some relevant destination
• πηγαίνω is used when the movement is seen as away from that point
• φεύγω focuses on leaving, not on the destination

So this sentence uses έρχομαι because the speaker is presenting the action as coming from the university.

Yes, it is present tense.

Greek present tense can cover both:

• I come
• I am coming

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, τώρα strongly pushes it toward the progressive meaning:

• Έρχομαι ... τώρα = I am coming ... now

So an English speaker would usually translate it with am coming, not simple come.

Από means from.

In Modern Greek, από normally takes the accusative case.

So in:

• από το πανεπιστήμιο

the noun phrase after από is in the accusative.

Πανεπιστήμιο is a neuter noun.

In this sentence, it is accusative singular because it follows από.

The full phrase is:

• το πανεπιστήμιο

For this noun, the nominative and accusative singular look the same, so the form does not change here. You understand the case from the grammar of the sentence, especially from the preposition από.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English does.

So Greek normally says:

• από το πανεπιστήμιο
• στο πανεπιστήμιο
• στο σχολείο

Even when English may say something like from university or at school, Greek very often still uses the article.

So το here is completely normal and expected.

Yes, it can go somewhere else. Greek word order is fairly flexible.

Your sentence:

• Έρχομαι από το πανεπιστήμιο τώρα

is grammatical and natural. But you could also hear:

• Τώρα έρχομαι από το πανεπιστήμιο
• Έρχομαι τώρα από το πανεπιστήμιο

The differences are mostly about focus or emphasis:

• final τώρα can sound like it highlights the time
• initial τώρα can foreground now
• middle placement can feel more neutral in some contexts

So the meaning stays basically the same, but the information focus can shift a little.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ER-ho-me a-PO to pa-ne-pi-STI-mio TO-ra

A few important points:

• Έρχομαι is stressed on the first syllable: ERχομαι
• από is stressed on the second syllable: aPO
• πανεπιστήμιο is stressed on στή
• τώρα is stressed on τώ

Also, the Greek letter χ in έρχομαι is not like English h or k. It is a rough sound, like:

• the ch in German Bach
• the ch in Scottish loch

The accent marks show which syllable is stressed.

For example:

• Έρχομαι
• από
• τώρα

Yes, in normal Greek writing, you should write these accents. They are part of standard spelling.

So:

• απο is incorrect
• από is correct

The accent matters for correct written Greek, even if native speakers can often still understand the word without it.

Yes. In everyday Greek, από is often shortened before the article:

• από το πανεπιστήμιο
• απ’ το πανεπιστήμιο

Both mean the same thing.

The shortened form is very common in speech and also appears in informal writing. The full form από το is also completely correct and is often clearer for learners.