Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα.

Το is the definite article, meaning the.

In this sentence, το ασθενοφόρο means the ambulance. Greek articles change for gender, number, and case, so you cannot use just one form for every noun the way English uses the.

Here, ασθενοφόρο is a neuter singular noun, so the article is το.

Ασθενοφόρο is neuter.

Yes, that matters, because in Greek the article and sometimes adjectives must agree with the noun’s gender, number, and case. That is why you get:

• το ασθενοφόρο = the ambulance

Even though an ambulance is not biologically male or female, Greek nouns still have grammatical gender.

Yes. In Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα, the subject is το ασθενοφόρο = the ambulance.

The verb έφτασε means arrived, and since it is 3rd person singular, it matches a singular subject: the ambulance.

Έφτασε is the aorist form of φτάνω.

In a sentence like this, it usually corresponds to the English simple past: arrived.

So:

• φτάνω = I arrive / I am arriving
• έφτασε = he/she/it arrived

The aorist usually presents the action as a single completed event.

That έ- is called the augment, a common feature in many past-tense forms in Greek.

For many verbs, when forming past tenses like the aorist, Greek adds this ε- / έ- at the front:

• φτάνω → έφτασα = I arrived
• έφτασε = he/she/it arrived

You do not need to add it yourself in a random way; it is just part of the correct past-tense form that you learn with the verb.

Because το ασθενοφόρο is singular.

Greek verbs agree with the subject in number:

• έφτασε = it arrived / he arrived / she arrived (singular)
• έφτασαν = they arrived (plural)

Since there is only one ambulance, έφτασε is the correct form.

Γρήγορα is an adverb. It means quickly.

It describes how the ambulance arrived.

Compare:

• γρήγορος = quick, fast (adjective, masculine form)
• γρήγορα = quickly (adverb)

So in this sentence, γρήγορα modifies the verb έφτασε.

Because γρήγορα here is an adverb, not an adjective.

• γρήγορο could be an adjective form meaning quick/fast for a neuter singular noun in some contexts.
• γρήγορα means quickly, so it modifies the verb, not the noun.

In this sentence, the meaning is The ambulance arrived quickly, not The quick ambulance arrived.

If you wanted the quick ambulance, you would say something like:

• Το γρήγορο ασθενοφόρο...

There, γρήγορο is an adjective agreeing with ασθενοφόρο.

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English because endings and articles give grammatical information.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα.

But Greek can also move things around for emphasis, for example:

• Γρήγορα έφτασε το ασθενοφόρο.
• Έφτασε γρήγορα το ασθενοφόρο.

These still mean roughly the same thing, though the emphasis may shift. English is usually less flexible here.

Not always.

In this sentence, το ασθενοφόρο means the ambulance, so the article is needed.

But Greek can also use the noun without the article in some contexts, especially when speaking more generally or in certain stylistic situations. Still, when you mean a specific ambulance, το ασθενοφόρο is the normal choice.

A rough pronunciation is:

• ασθενοφόρο → a-sthe-no-FO-ro

The stress falls on φό.

A few helpful notes:

• θ sounds like th in think
• φ sounds like f
• Greek ρ is a rolled or tapped r

So the word sounds approximately like as-the-no-FO-ro.

A rough pronunciation is:

• Το ασθενοφόρο έφτασε γρήγορα
• to as-the-no-FO-ro EF-ta-se GRI-go-ra

Stress:

• ασθενοφόρο → stress on φό
• έφτασε → stress on έφ
• γρήγορα → stress on γρή

A more natural flow would sound something like:

• to as-the-no-FO-ro EF-ta-se GRI-go-ra

Normally, the most natural translation is The ambulance arrived quickly.

Greek έφτασε is an aorist past form, which usually lines up best with the English simple past. Depending on context, English may sometimes phrase things differently, but if you are learning the core meaning, think of έφτασε here as arrived.

The dictionary form is φτάνω, meaning to arrive or to reach.

When learning Greek verbs, it is useful to memorize:

• the present/basic form: φτάνω
• the aorist stem/form as well: έφτασα

That helps you recognize forms like:

• έφτασα = I arrived
• έφτασε = he/she/it arrived

Yes. Greek accent marks show which syllable is stressed.

In this sentence:

• ασθενοφόρο → stress on φό
• έφτασε → stress on the first syllable
• γρήγορα → stress on the first syllable

Accent marks are important in Greek spelling and pronunciation, so learners should pay attention to them from the beginning.