Οι νέες ρίζες φυτρώνουν κιόλας.

Οι is the definite article in Greek, meaning the.

In this sentence, Οι is:

• plural
• feminine
• nominative

It matches ρίζες (roots), which is a feminine plural noun.

So:

• η ρίζα = the root
• οι ρίζες = the roots

Because Greek articles change according to gender, number, and case, you cannot use one single word for the in all situations the way English does.

νέες is the adjective new, and it must agree with the noun it describes.

Since ρίζες is:

• feminine
• plural
• nominative

the adjective must also be:

• feminine
• plural
• nominative

So:

• νέος = new (masculine singular)
• νέα = new (feminine singular / neuter plural in some contexts)
• νέες = new (feminine plural)

Here:

• οι νέες ρίζες = the new roots

This is a very important feature of Greek: adjectives usually match the noun in gender, number, and case.

The dictionary form is ρίζα, meaning root.

Here are the relevant forms:

• η ρίζα = the root
• οι ρίζες = the roots

So ρίζες is simply the plural form.

This noun is feminine, and its plural ending -ες is very common for feminine nouns.

φυτρώνουν is the verb form meaning they grow / they are sprouting.

It comes from the verb φυτρώνω, which means:

• to grow
• to sprout
• to come up from the ground

In this sentence, φυτρώνουν is:

• present tense
• active voice
• 3rd person plural

So it agrees with the subject οι νέες ρίζες = the new roots.

A rough breakdown:

• φυτρώνω = I sprout / I grow
• φυτρώνεις = you sprout
• φυτρώνει = it/he/she sprouts
• φυτρώνουμε = we sprout
• φυτρώνετε = you all sprout
• φυτρώνουν = they sprout

Because the subject is plural: οι νέες ρίζες = the new roots.

Greek verbs must agree with their subject in person and number.

Since roots is they, the verb must also be they grow / they sprout, which is φυτρώνουν.

If the subject were singular, the verb would change:

• Η νέα ρίζα φυτρώνει. = The new root is sprouting.

κιόλας is a very common Greek word that often means something like:

• already
• by now
• as early as now
• sometimes right away, depending on context

In this sentence, κιόλας gives the idea that the roots are sprouting already, perhaps sooner than expected or noticeably early.

So:

• Οι νέες ρίζες φυτρώνουν. = The new roots are sprouting.
• Οι νέες ρίζες φυτρώνουν κιόλας. = The new roots are already sprouting.

It adds a sense of surprise, emphasis, or early timing.

In modern standard Greek, κιόλας is usually written as one word.

It comes historically from κι όλας:

• κι = a shortened form of και (and)
• όλας as part of an older expression

But for learners, the important thing is to treat κιόλας as a fixed adverb meaning something like already / even now / as early as this.

You may also see κιόλας in many everyday sentences, for example:

• Ήρθε κιόλας; = Has he come already?
• Τελείωσες κιόλας; = Did you finish already?

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• subject + verb + adverb

So:

• Οι νέες ρίζες φυτρώνουν κιόλας.

But Greek can move words around for emphasis. For example:

• Κιόλας φυτρώνουν οι νέες ρίζες.
• Οι νέες ρίζες κιόλας φυτρώνουν.

These versions may sound more marked or stylistically different, but they are possible in context.

For a learner, the given sentence is a very natural standard order.

Yes and no.

In modern Greek pronunciation, οι is pronounced like ee.

So:

• οι sounds like ee
• η also sounds like ee
• ι, ει, υ, υι also sound like ee

This means several spellings have the same pronunciation in modern Greek, even though they are written differently.

So Οι νέες ρίζες begins with something pronounced roughly like:

• ee NE-es REE-zes

But spelling still matters, because the article must be written correctly as οι.

νέες is pronounced approximately NEH-es or NEH-ess, depending on accent and speaking style.

It has three syllables:

• νέ-ες

Actually, many learners hear it almost like two strong parts:

• NEH-es

The reason is that the vowels are not merged into one sound here. The written form reflects the feminine plural ending.

So:

• νέα = NEH-a
• νέες = NEH-es

This is normal for this adjective pattern.

Here ρίζες is in the nominative plural, because it is the subject of the sentence.

The subject is the thing doing the action:

• the new roots are the ones sprouting

You can tell from:

• the article οι
• the adjective νέες
• the noun ρίζες
• the verb agreement φυτρώνουν

All of these fit a feminine nominative plural subject.

Usually, Greek can omit subject pronouns such as they, because the verb ending already shows the person and number.

However, in this sentence the subject is not just a pronoun; it is a full noun phrase:

• οι νέες ρίζες

If the context already made it clear what was sprouting, Greek could say simply:

• Φυτρώνουν κιόλας. = They’re already sprouting.

But if you want to specify the new roots, then including the noun phrase is natural.

Yes. The Greek present tense φυτρώνουν can often correspond to English:

• sprout
• are sprouting
• grow
• are growing

The exact English translation depends on context.

In a sentence like this, English often prefers the progressive form:

• The new roots are already sprouting.

So although Greek uses a simple present form, its meaning here can easily match an English ongoing action.

Yes. Greek accent marks show which syllable is stressed.

In this sentence:

• νέες → stress on the first syllable
• ρίζες → stress on the first syllable
• φυτρώνουν → stress on τρώ
• κιόλας → stress on ό

These accents are part of normal Greek spelling and should be learned with the word.

For pronunciation, a rough guide is:

• Οι νέες ρίζες φυτρώνουν κιόλας
• ee NEH-es REE-zes fee-TRO-noun KYO-las

That is only approximate, but it helps show the stress.

Mostly it is used for things that sprout, grow out of the ground, or appear in a similar way. It is very common with:

• plants
• seeds
• roots
• grass
• flowers

It can also be used figuratively in some contexts, like something popping up or appearing quickly.

In this sentence, though, it is being used very literally:

• roots are sprouting / growing

So it is a very natural verb choice here.