Δεν θέλω να θυσιάσω την υγεία μου για τη δουλειά.

Δεν is the standard word for not before a verb in Modern Greek.

So:

• θέλω = I want
• δεν θέλω = I do not want / I don’t want

Greek usually puts δεν directly before the verb phrase it negates.

In Greek, verbs like θέλω often take another verb with να.

So:

• θέλω να... = I want to...

This is the normal Greek way to express what English does with the infinitive to.

Examples:

• Θέλω να φύγω = I want to leave
• Θέλω να κοιμηθώ = I want to sleep

Modern Greek does not use an infinitive the way English does, so να + verb is the usual pattern.

This is one of the most important grammar points in the sentence.

After να, Greek often chooses between:

• imperfective form: ongoing, repeated, general action
• perfective form: single, complete action

Here, θυσιάσω is the perfective form of θυσιάζω.

So:

• να θυσιάζω would suggest an ongoing or repeated sacrificing
• να θυσιάσω means to sacrifice, seen as one complete act

In this sentence, the speaker means they do not want to make that sacrifice at all, so the perfective form θυσιάσω is the natural choice.

No. Even though forms like θυσιάσω can look similar to future-related forms, here it is not future tense by itself.

In:

• να θυσιάσω

the word να shows that this is a subjunctive-type form, not a standalone future.

Compare:

• Θα θυσιάσω = I will sacrifice
• να θυσιάσω = to sacrifice / that I sacrifice

So θυσιάσω does not automatically mean future. The word before it matters.

Greek normally uses the definite article with possessed nouns much more often than English does.

So Greek says:

• την υγεία μου = literally the health my
• natural English: my health

This is very normal Greek structure:

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• τη μητέρα μου = my mother
• τα βιβλία μου = my books

English usually does not use the here, but Greek usually does.

The unstressed possessive pronouns in Greek usually come after the noun.

So:

• η υγεία μου = my health
• ο φίλος μου = my friend
• το παιδί μου = my child

This is the regular pattern in everyday Greek.

Την υγεία is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of θυσιάσω.

The thing being sacrificed is the health:

• θυσιάσω την υγεία μου = sacrifice my health

In dictionary form, the noun is:

• η υγεία = health

But as the direct object, it becomes:

• την υγεία

So the article changes to match the accusative feminine singular form.

Both are possible in writing, but τη is a very common shortened form of την before a consonant.

So:

• την δουλειά
• τη δουλειά

Both mean the same thing.

In everyday Greek, the shorter form is extremely common. Before a vowel or certain sound combinations, speakers are more likely to keep the full form την.

Here για means something like:

• for
• for the sake of
• because of
• in order to serve

So:

• για τη δουλειά = for work / for the job

In this sentence, it means the speaker does not want to sacrifice their health for the sake of their job/work.

Greek often uses the definite article where English does not.

So Greek says:

• για τη δουλειά

while English may say either:

• for work
• for the job
• for my job

The Greek article does not always translate as the in a strict word-for-word way. It is just part of normal Greek grammar.

It can mean either, depending on context.

• δουλειά can mean job, as in employment
• it can also mean work, more generally

In this sentence, both translations can work:

• I don’t want to sacrifice my health for my job.
• I don’t want to sacrifice my health for work.

If the context is someone talking about employment, job is often the most natural English choice.

Yes, but it is not necessary.

You could say:

• Εγώ δεν θέλω να θυσιάσω την υγεία μου για τη δουλειά.

But Greek often drops subject pronouns because the verb already shows the person:

• θέλω = I want

Adding εγώ gives extra emphasis, something like:

• I don’t want to sacrifice my health for work

Without εγώ, the sentence is the neutral, natural version.

The sentence is basically:

• Δεν θέλω = I don’t want
• να θυσιάσω = to sacrifice
• την υγεία μου = my health
• για τη δουλειά = for work / for the job

So the full structure is:

• Not + I want + to sacrifice + my health + for work

This is a very normal Greek word order. Greek word order is somewhat flexible, but this version sounds natural and straightforward.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Then THE-lo na thee-see-A-so tin ee-YEE-a moo ya ti thoo-LYA

A few sound notes:

• δ in δεν sounds like the th in this
• θ in θέλω and θυσιάσω sounds like the th in think
• γεια/υγεία has a y-like sound before the vowel
• δουλειά is stressed on the last syllable: δουλειά

This is only an approximation, but it helps an English speaker get close.

Yes. If you changed the aspect, the nuance would change.

For example:

• Δεν θέλω να θυσιάζω την υγεία μου για τη δουλειά.

This would sound more like:

• I don’t want to be sacrificing my health for work
• I don’t want to keep sacrificing my health for work

That suggests a repeated or ongoing pattern.

The original:

• Δεν θέλω να θυσιάσω την υγεία μου για τη δουλειά

focuses on the act as a whole, as one unacceptable sacrifice. That is why it is the more natural choice here.