Περιμένω με αγωνία την απάντηση από το πανεπιστήμιο.

In Greek, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Here, Περιμένω ends in -ω, which tells you the subject is I.

So:

• Περιμένω = I wait / I am waiting

You could say Εγώ περιμένω, but that usually adds emphasis, like I’m the one waiting.

It can mean both.

The Greek present tense often covers both:

• I wait
• I am waiting

Which one sounds best in English depends on context. In this sentence, English would usually prefer I’m waiting or I’m eagerly awaiting.

Because απάντηση is the direct object of the verb Περιμένω.

Greek changes the article depending on the noun’s grammatical role.

For the feminine singular noun απάντηση:

• nominative: η απάντηση = the answer/reply as subject
• accusative: την απάντηση = the answer/reply as object

Since you are waiting for the reply, the noun is the object, so Greek uses the accusative: την απάντηση.

The final -ν in την is kept because the next word, απάντηση, begins with a vowel.

So Greek writes:

• την απάντηση

This is both standard and natural. You will often see this final -ν before vowels and certain consonants.

Literally, it means with anxiety or with anguish.

But in natural English, in this kind of sentence, it often means something like:

• anxiously
• eagerly
• in suspense

So Περιμένω με αγωνία is a very natural Greek way to say that someone is waiting with strong nervous anticipation.

Because Greek often leaves out the article with abstract nouns in expressions like this, especially after a preposition.

So:

• με αγωνία = anxiously / with anxiety

If you said με την αγωνία, it would sound more like with the anxiety, referring to a specific, already identified anxiety. That is not the idea here.

Both με and από normally take the accusative in Modern Greek.

In this sentence:

• με αγωνία
• από το πανεπιστήμιο

So a learner can use this as a good pattern:

• με + accusative
• από + accusative

Από means from.

So:

• από το πανεπιστήμιο = from the university

This tells us where the reply is coming from. The speaker is waiting for a reply that will come from the university.

It is most naturally understood with την απάντηση.

So the meaning is:

• the reply from the university

not:

• I am waiting from the university

In other words, από το πανεπιστήμιο describes the source of the reply.

No, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• Περιμένω με αγωνία την απάντηση από το πανεπιστήμιο.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Την απάντηση από το πανεπιστήμιο την περιμένω με αγωνία.

That version emphasizes the reply from the university.

So the given sentence is natural and neutral, but not the only possible order.

Because πανεπιστήμιο is a neuter noun.

Its article in both nominative and accusative singular is το:

• το πανεπιστήμιο = the university

So after από, which takes the accusative, it still appears as το πανεπιστήμιο.

Απάντηση is a feminine noun meaning answer or reply.

Its basic forms are:

• nominative singular: η απάντηση
• accusative singular: την απάντηση

Many Greek feminine nouns end in -η, and απάντηση is one common example.

Yes, absolutely.

That is a very natural English rendering. Greek uses:

• την απάντηση από το πανεπιστήμιο = literally the reply from the university

But in English, the university’s reply is often smoother and means essentially the same thing in this context.