Ακόμη και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.

In this sentence, Ακόμη και works together as the expression even.

• ακόμη by itself can mean still, yet, or sometimes even depending on context
• και usually means and
• but together, ακόμη και is a very common way to say even

So Ακόμη και ο παππούς μου... means Even my grandfather...

It adds a sense of surprise or emphasis, as if the speaker did not especially expect the grandfather to be included.

Yes. Ακόμη and ακόμα are both common.

In everyday Modern Greek, ακόμα is very frequent in speech, while ακόμη can sound a little more careful or formal in some contexts. In this sentence, both would work:

• Ακόμη και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.
• Ακόμα και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.

The meaning is the same.

In standard Greek, possessive weak pronouns like μου usually come after the noun:

• ο παππούς μου = my grandfather
• η αδελφή μου = my sister
• το σπίτι μου = my house

So ο παππούς μου is the normal order.

You may sometimes see other word orders in poetry, older styles, or very marked speech, but for ordinary Greek, noun + μου is what learners should use.

μου here means my, but grammatically it is the weak form of the genitive pronoun.

So Greek expresses possession like this:

• ο παππούς μου = literally something like the grandfather of me
• natural English: my grandfather

This is very common in Greek. The same form μου can also mean to me or for me in other sentences, so context matters.

Examples:

• Το βιβλίο μου = my book
• Μου μιλάει = he/she is speaking to me

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English does. With family members and many ordinary nouns, the article is normally included.

So:

• ο παππούς μου = my grandfather
• η μητέρα μου = my mother
• ο φίλος μου = my friend

Leaving out ο here would usually sound unnatural in standard Greek.

Also, ο shows that παππούς is masculine singular nominative.

πίνει is the present tense, third person singular form of πίνω = to drink.

So:

• πίνω = I drink / I am drinking
• πίνεις = you drink
• πίνει = he/she/it drinks

Because the subject is ο παππούς μου = my grandfather, Greek uses the third person singular verb:

• ο παππούς μου πίνει = my grandfather drinks / is drinking

In Greek, the present tense can often cover both English drinks and is drinking, depending on context.

Greek usually does not need subject pronouns like he, she, or they unless there is a special reason to emphasize them or contrast them.

The verb ending already shows the person:

• πίνω = I drink
• πίνεις = you drink
• πίνει = he/she/it drinks

And in this sentence, the subject is already stated clearly as ο παππούς μου, so adding a pronoun would be unnecessary.

That is why Greek often sounds more compact than English in this kind of sentence.

Greek does have a word corresponding to a/an: ένας / μία / ένα. But it is not used in exactly the same way as English a/an.

With direct objects, especially when speaking generally, Greek often leaves the indefinite article out:

• πίνει καπουτσίνο = he drinks cappuccino / he is drinking a cappuccino
• τρώω ψωμί = I eat bread
• αγοράζω βιβλίο can be possible in some contexts, though often ένα βιβλίο is also used

If you say πίνει ένα καπουτσίνο, that usually sounds a bit more like he is drinking one/a cappuccino, with the drink viewed as a more specific single item.

So in this sentence, bare καπουτσίνο is perfectly natural.

παππούς is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence.

You can tell this partly from the article:

• ο = masculine nominative singular article

So:

• ο παππούς μου = subject, nominative

If it were an object in another sentence, the form might change:

• nominative: ο παππούς
• accusative: τον παππού

This is an important feature of Greek: nouns and articles change form depending on their grammatical role.

The ending -ς is very common for masculine singular nouns in the nominative in Greek.

So παππούς is the dictionary-style subject form:

• ο παππούς = the grandfather

But in other cases, the ending changes:

• του παππού = of the grandfather
• τον παππού = the grandfather as a direct object
• παππού! = grandpa! when calling him directly

This kind of ending change is normal in Greek noun declension.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order. Putting τώρα at the end is completely natural.

In this sentence, the end position helps the sentence flow well and can make now sound like the final time-frame comment:

• Ακόμη και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.

You could also move it:

• Τώρα ακόμη και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο.
• Ακόμη και τώρα ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο.

But these do not all have exactly the same emphasis.

A rough guide:

• ... τώρα = neutral, natural now
• Τώρα ... = stronger focus on now
• Ακόμη και τώρα ... usually means something more like even now, which is a different nuance

So the original placement is a good, natural choice.

Usually, yes, but the exact nuance depends on context.

In this sentence, τώρα means now in the sense of at this point / nowadays / at the moment, depending on the situation.

For example:

• If someone is talking about changing habits, τώρα may mean nowadays or these days
• If someone is describing the present moment, it may mean right now

So Greek τώρα is flexible, just like English now can be.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide would be:

a-KO-mi ke o pa-POOS moo PEE-ni ka-poo-CHEE-no TO-ra

A few useful notes:

• κό in Ακόμη carries the stress: a-KO-mi
• και here sounds like ke
• παππούς is stressed on the last syllable: pa-POOS
• πίνει is PEE-ni
• τσ in καπουτσίνο sounds like ts in cats
• τώρα is TO-ra

Greek spelling is fairly regular, so once you know the sound system, pronunciation becomes much more predictable than in English.

In Modern Greek, the accent mark shows which syllable is stressed.

For this sentence:

• Ακόμη
• παππούς
• πίνει
• καπουτσίνο
• τώρα

These marks help you pronounce the stress correctly.

This is very important in Greek because stress is part of the word’s normal form. If you stress the wrong syllable, you may sound unnatural or sometimes even create confusion.

Yes. Greek allows more movement than English, especially for emphasis, topic, and style.

The original sentence is natural:

• Ακόμη και ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.

Other possible orders include:

• Ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο τώρα.
• Τώρα ο παππούς μου πίνει καπουτσίνο.
• Καπουτσίνο πίνει τώρα ακόμη και ο παππούς μου.

But changing the order changes the focus:

• starting with Τώρα emphasizes now
• starting with Καπουτσίνο emphasizes the drink
• starting with Ακόμη και emphasizes the surprising subject

So Greek word order is flexible, but not random.

It is neutral and natural standard Greek.

Nothing in it is especially slangy or especially formal. A native speaker could say it in everyday conversation without it sounding odd.

The only small stylistic note is that ακόμη may sound slightly more careful than ακόμα to some speakers, but both are normal.