Η τύχη τη βοήθησε σήμερα, αλλά ξέρει ότι αύριο πρέπει να είναι έτοιμη χωρίς να βασίζεται μόνο σ’ αυτήν.

Luck helped her today, but she knows that tomorrow she has to be ready without relying only on it.

Breakdown of Η τύχη τη βοήθησε σήμερα, αλλά ξέρει ότι αύριο πρέπει να είναι έτοιμη χωρίς να βασίζεται μόνο σ’ αυτήν.

• είμαι: to be
• να: to
• σήμερα: today
• αύριο: tomorrow

Questions & Answers about Η τύχη τη βοήθησε σήμερα, αλλά ξέρει ότι αύριο πρέπει να είναι έτοιμη χωρίς να βασίζεται μόνο σ’ αυτήν.

Why is there a τη before βοήθησε?

τη is the weak direct-object pronoun meaning her.

So in Η τύχη τη βοήθησε σήμερα:

• Η τύχη = the subject, luck
• τη = the object, her
• βοήθησε = helped

Greek often uses these short object pronouns before the verb, so the structure is literally something like Luck her helped today.

Why is it τη and not την?

Both forms are related to the same pronoun, but in everyday Modern Greek the final -ν is often dropped in certain positions.

Here, τη appears before βοήθησε, and dropping the -ν is normal. So τη βοήθησε is the expected form.

A learner should mainly remember:

• τη = common shortened form
• την = fuller form, kept in some contexts depending on the following sound and style

So τη βοήθησε is completely natural.

Why does τύχη have the article η? English would usually just say luck.