Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου με έκανε να αργήσω στη συνάντηση.

Η is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• η αργοπορία = the delay / the lateness

Greek uses the definite article very often, just as English does, but sometimes even in places where English might omit it. In this sentence, we are talking about a specific delay: the bus’s delay.

Also, αργοπορία is a feminine noun, so it takes η in the nominative singular.

Αργοπορία means delay or lateness.

In this sentence, it refers to the fact that the bus was late:

• η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου = the delay of the bus / the bus’s delay

A learner might also notice the related verb:

• αργώ = to be late

So the sentence contains both:

• αργοπορία = delay
• αργήσω = be late

That repetition is completely natural in Greek.

Του λεωφορείου is in the genitive case.

It shows possession or close relationship, like English of the bus or the bus’s.

So:

• το λεωφορείο = the bus
• του λεωφορείου = of the bus / the bus’s

That means:

• η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου = the delay of the bus = the bus’s delay

This is a very common Greek structure:

• η πόρτα του σπιτιού = the door of the house
• το χρώμα του αυτοκινήτου = the color of the car

Because it is in the genitive singular.

Λεωφορείο is a neuter noun. Its forms are:

• το λεωφορείο = nominative/accusative singular
• του λεωφορείου = genitive singular

So the ending changes because the noun’s grammatical role changes.

This is very normal in Greek. English mostly uses word order and of for this, but Greek often changes the noun ending.

Με means me.

It is the weak form of the first-person singular object pronoun. In this sentence, it is the object of έκανε:

• με έκανε = made me

So:

• Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου με έκανε...
• The bus delay made me...

Greek object pronouns often come before the verb, unlike English:

• με είδε = he saw me
• με βοήθησε = he helped me
• με έκανε να... = it made me...

This is a very common Greek pattern:

• κάνω κάποιον να + verb
• literally: make someone to + verb
• natural English: make someone + verb

So:

• με έκανε να αργήσω = it made me be late / it caused me to be late

Breakdown:

• με = me
• έκανε = made
• να αργήσω = to be late / that I be late

This να + verb structure is extremely important in Greek. After many verbs, Greek uses να where English might use an infinitive.

Since Modern Greek does not have a normal infinitive like English to be late, it often uses:

• να + finite verb

Because αργήσω is the form that expresses a single completed event: being late on that specific occasion.

Here, the speaker is talking about one result:

• the bus was delayed
• as a result, I was late to the meeting

So Greek uses the aorist subjunctive after να:

• να αργήσω

By contrast, να αργώ would suggest something more like an ongoing or repeated situation, not one single instance.

A simple way to think about it:

• να αργήσω = to be late once / on this occasion
• να αργώ = to be late in general / habitually / repeatedly

Άργησα is the past tense indicative: I was late / I arrived late.

But after να, Greek does not use that form. It uses the subjunctive-type form, which here is:

• να αργήσω

So compare:

• Άργησα στη συνάντηση. = I was late to the meeting.
• Με έκανε να αργήσω στη συνάντηση. = It made me be late to the meeting.

A useful thing to notice is that the augment often seen in past forms, like ά- in άργησα, is not used here:

• άργησα = past
• να αργήσω = after να, not a past indicative form

Έκανε is the past tense (imperfective/past form) of κάνω in the third person singular:

• κάνω = I do / I make
• έκανε = he/she/it did / made

In this sentence, the subject is:

• Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου = the bus delay

So έκανε means made and agrees with that singular subject.

Στη is a contraction of:

• σε + τη → στη

So:

• στη συνάντηση = to the meeting / at the meeting, depending on context

Here it means:

• late to the meeting

Συνάντηση is a feminine noun, so with the article it becomes:

• η συνάντηση = the meeting
• στη συνάντηση = to the meeting / at the meeting

This contraction is extremely common:

• στο = σε + το
• στη = σε + τη
• στην = σε + την
• στους, στις, etc.

Because στη already contains the definite article:

• σε = to / at / in
• τη(ν) = the
• στη(ν) = to the / at the / in the

So στη συνάντηση is specifically to the meeting or at the meeting, not just to meeting.

In this sentence, it usually implies a specific meeting already known from context.

If you wanted a more indefinite idea, Greek would usually phrase it differently rather than simply dropping the article in the same way English can.

Greek word order is more flexible than English because the noun endings and pronouns already show a lot of the grammatical relationships.

The given sentence is natural:

• Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου με έκανε να αργήσω στη συνάντηση.

But Greek can move things around for emphasis. For example, you might hear:

• Με έκανε να αργήσω στη συνάντηση η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου.

That puts more focus on the result first.

Even so, the original version is the clearest and most neutral for a learner.

Yes, that is a very natural way to understand it.

Greek often uses a noun phrase where English might prefer a clause or participle phrase:

• Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου
  literally: the delay of the bus
• natural English: the bus being late / the bus’s delay

So the sentence can be understood as:

• The bus’s delay made me late for the meeting.
• The bus being late made me late for the meeting.

Both capture the Greek meaning well.

Yes. Συνάντηση is a very common word for meeting.

It can refer to:

• a planned meeting
• an appointment
• a meetup
• sometimes a business meeting, depending on context

So in this sentence:

• στη συνάντηση = to the meeting

It is a perfectly normal and everyday word.

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Η = the
• αργοπορία = delay / lateness
• του λεωφορείου = of the bus / the bus’s
• με = me
• έκανε = made
• να αργήσω = to be late
• στη συνάντηση = to the meeting

So the full structure is:

• [Subject] Η αργοπορία του λεωφορείου
• [Verb] με έκανε
• [Result clause] να αργήσω στη συνάντηση

Or more naturally in English:

• The bus’s delay made me late for the meeting.