Το πείσμα του φίλου μου κάνει τη συζήτηση δύσκολη.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Το πείσμα του φίλου μου = my friend’s stubbornness
• κάνει = makes
• τη συζήτηση = the conversation
• δύσκολη = difficult

So the pattern is:

[subject] + κάνει + [object] + [resulting description]

In other words:

My friend’s stubbornness makes the conversation difficult.

Πείσμα is a neuter noun in Greek, so it takes the neuter singular article το.

• το πείσμα = the stubbornness

This is something learners simply need to memorize with the noun: in Greek, every noun has a grammatical gender.

Πείσμα usually means stubbornness, obstinacy, or pig-headedness depending on context.

In this sentence, it refers to a person’s stubborn attitude, not to a single action.

So:

• Το πείσμα του φίλου μου = My friend’s stubbornness

Because Greek is expressing possession here: the stubbornness of my friend.

That means friend must appear in the genitive case:

• ο φίλος = the friend
• του φίλου = of the friend / friend’s

So:

• το πείσμα του φίλου μου literally means the stubbornness of my friend

This is a very common Greek way to say possession.

Here του is the genitive singular article meaning of the.

So:

• του φίλου = of the friend

It is not a pronoun here. It is functioning as the article that marks the genitive.

In Greek, possessive words like μου often come after the noun.

So:

• ο φίλος μου = my friend
• του φίλου μου = of my friend / my friend’s

This word order is completely normal in Greek.

Because συζήτηση is the direct object of κάνει, so it must be in the accusative case.

• η συζήτηση = the conversation (nominative, subject form)
• τη συζήτηση = the conversation (accusative, object form)

Since the conversation is the thing being affected by the action, Greek uses the accusative.

This is a very common learner question.

In Modern Greek, the feminine accusative article can appear as:

• τη
• την

Very often, την is used before vowels and certain consonants, while τη is common before many other consonants in everyday usage.

Here, since συζήτηση begins with σ, τη συζήτηση is a normal form.

You may also see την συζήτηση in writing, and it is not unusual. But τη συζήτηση is very natural.

Because it describes συζήτηση, which is a feminine noun.

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• συζήτηση = feminine singular
• δύσκολη = feminine singular form of difficult

That is why you do not see δύσκολο or δύσκολος here.

Because here δύσκολη is not being used like the difficult conversation.
It is functioning as a predicative adjective after κάνει:

• κάνει τη συζήτηση δύσκολη = makes the conversation difficult

This is similar to English:

• make something difficult
• not make something the difficult

So no article is needed before δύσκολη.

Here κάνει means makes in the sense of causes something to be a certain way.

Pattern:

• κάνω + object + adjective

Examples:

• Κάνει τη ζωή εύκολη. = It makes life easy.
• Κάνει το πρόβλημα χειρότερο. = It makes the problem worse.

So:

• κάνει τη συζήτηση δύσκολη = makes the conversation difficult

No. Κάνω is a very broad verb and can mean things like:

• do
• make
• cause
• perform

In this sentence, the best translation is makes, because it expresses a result:

• The stubbornness makes the conversation difficult.

Because the subject is το πείσμα, which is singular.

Even though του φίλου μου adds more information, the true grammatical subject is still just:

• το πείσμα = the stubbornness

So the verb must be third person singular:

• κάνει = it makes

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings and articles help show each word’s role.

The given order is very natural:

• Το πείσμα του φίλου μου κάνει τη συζήτηση δύσκολη.

But other orders may be possible for emphasis, such as putting δύσκολη earlier or emphasizing τη συζήτηση.

Still, for learners, the original version is an excellent neutral pattern to follow.

Yes. Literally, that part means:

• του = of the
• φίλου = friend
• μου = my

So the phrase is literally of my friend, but in natural English we usually translate it as:

• my friend’s

Greek often uses the genitive where English uses ’s.

No, that is not correct.

The natural phrase is:

• του φίλου μου

The article του is needed with φίλου, and μου normally comes after the noun.

So the correct full phrase is:

• το πείσμα του φίλου μου

Grammatically, δύσκολη describes τη συζήτηση.

So the sentence says that the conversation becomes difficult because of the friend’s stubbornness.

In context, this could mean:

• the conversation is hard to continue
• it is tense or unpleasant
• communication becomes difficult

The exact nuance depends on context, but grammatically the adjective modifies συζήτηση.

A more literal version would be:

• The stubbornness of my friend makes the conversation difficult.

A more natural English version is:

• My friend’s stubbornness makes the conversation difficult.

Both reflect the Greek structure well.

This sentence is useful because it shows several important Greek patterns at once:

1. Possession with the genitive

   • του φίλου μου = my friend’s

2. Direct object in the accusative

   • τη συζήτηση

3. Adjective agreement

   • δύσκολη agrees with συζήτηση

4. The pattern κάνω + object + adjective

   • κάνει τη συζήτηση δύσκολη

If you understand those four things, you understand most of the grammar in the sentence.