Αρκετοί άνθρωποι περιμένουν στη στάση τώρα.

Αρκετοί means several, quite a few, or a fair number of.

In this sentence, Αρκετοί άνθρωποι means several people or quite a few people.

A useful comparison:

• αρκετοί = several / quite a few
• πολλοί = many

So αρκετοί usually suggests a noticeable number, but not necessarily a very large one.

Because the sentence is talking about more than one person.

• άνθρωπος = person / human
• άνθρωποι = people

Here, άνθρωποι is the nominative plural form, because it is the subject of the sentence.

This is an important noun to memorize because the plural is not formed in the most basic regular way.

In Greek, the verb itself usually already includes the idea of am / is / are through its ending.

Here:

• περιμένουν = they wait / they are waiting

So Greek does not need a separate word like English are.

The ending -ουν tells you the subject is they.

Because the subject is plural: Αρκετοί άνθρωποι = several people.

περιμένουν is the 3rd person plural present tense of περιμένω (to wait).

A quick comparison:

• περιμένω = I wait
• περιμένεις = you wait
• περιμένει = he/she/it waits
• περιμένουμε = we wait
• περιμένετε = you all wait
• περιμένουν = they wait

So αρκετοί άνθρωποι περιμένουν literally means several people wait, and in natural English here: several people are waiting.

Because the Greek present tense covers both:

• they wait
• they are waiting

Greek does not need a separate progressive form the way English often does.

So:

• Περιμένουν τώρα = They are waiting now
• depending on context, it could also mean They wait now, but with τώρα it clearly refers to what is happening at the moment.

στη στάση means at the stop.

Very often, στάση by itself means a bus stop or public transport stop, depending on context.

The form στη is a contraction of:

• σε = at / in / to
• τη = the (feminine accusative singular article)

So:

• σε τη στάση becomes στη στάση

This contraction is standard and very common in Modern Greek.

In Modern Greek, σε often combines with the definite article.

Common combinations:

• σε + το = στο
• σε + τη / την = στη / στην
• σε + τις = στις
• σε + τους = στους

So στη στάση is just the normal contracted form of σε τη στάση.

You should think of στη as a very common everyday form meaning at the / in the / to the with a feminine noun.

Modern Greek uses σε with the accusative case for both location and movement.

So in στη στάση:

• σε requires the accusative
• τη is the feminine accusative singular article
• στάση is the noun

A helpful detail: with many feminine nouns ending in -η, the nominative singular and accusative singular look the same. So στάση does not change form here, even though the article shows the case.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

So τώρα can appear in different places:

• Αρκετοί άνθρωποι περιμένουν στη στάση τώρα.
• Τώρα αρκετοί άνθρωποι περιμένουν στη στάση.
• Αρκετοί άνθρωποι τώρα περιμένουν στη στάση.

All of these are possible, though they may sound slightly different in emphasis.

With τώρα at the end, the sentence sounds natural and conversational, with now added as the final time detail.

Because αρκετοί is functioning like several in English.

Compare:

• Several people are waiting
• not the several people are waiting in normal English

Similarly in Greek:

• Αρκετοί άνθρωποι = several people

No article is needed because the group is indefinite, not a specific previously identified set of people.

Yes. Αρκετοί agrees with άνθρωποι in gender, number, and case.

Here:

• άνθρωποι is masculine plural nominative
• so αρκετοί is also masculine plural nominative

This agreement is very important in Greek.

For example, the singular masculine form would be:

• αρκετός άνθρωπος in a purely grammatical example

But in this sentence, because the noun is plural, the adjective/quantifier must also be plural:

• Αρκετοί άνθρωποι

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ar-ke-TOO AN-thro-pee pe-ri-ME-noun sti STA-si TO-ra

A few notes:

• θ sounds like th in think
• χ does not appear in this sentence, but it often causes confusion elsewhere
• the stressed syllables are marked by the accent marks:
  • Αρκετοί
  • άνθρωποι
  • περιμένουν
  • στάση
  • τώρα

Listening and repeating is especially useful here, because Greek rhythm and stress matter a lot.