Γύρισα σπίτι βρεγμένος και με άμμο στα σανδάλια μου.

Γύρισα is the 1st person singular aorist of γυρίζω. Here it means I returned / I came back.

The aorist in Modern Greek usually presents the action as a completed whole, so Γύρισα σπίτι means I came back home or I returned home.

The verb γυρίζω can also mean turn in other contexts, but here the word σπίτι makes the meaning return / come back clear.

Because Greek normally omits subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending -α in Γύρισα already tells you the subject is I, so adding εγώ would usually only be for emphasis or contrast:

• Εγώ γύρισα σπίτι = I came home

Without εγώ, the sentence sounds natural and neutral.

Using σπίτι without the article is a very common way to say home after verbs of motion:

• πάω σπίτι = I’m going home
• έρχομαι σπίτι = I’m coming home
• γυρίζω σπίτι = I’m returning home

So Γύρισα σπίτι is the natural Greek equivalent of I returned home.

You can also say Γύρισα στο σπίτι, which is also correct, but σπίτι without the article often feels more like the English idea of home rather than to the house.

Greek often uses a predicate adjective to describe the subject’s state during or after an action.

So:

• Γύρισα βρεγμένος = I came back wet

This is very similar to English sentences like:

• He came home tired
• She arrived angry
• I returned soaked

So βρεγμένος describes the speaker, not the action itself.

Yes. Βρεγμένος agrees with the person being described in gender, number, and case.

Here it is masculine singular, so the speaker is understood to be male.

If the speaker were female, it would be:

• Γύρισα σπίτι βρεγμένη και με άμμο στα σανδάλια μου.

Because it describes the subject of the sentence, it appears in the form that matches that subject.

Literally, it means with sand.

In this sentence, με άμμο describes an accompanying condition or detail: the speaker came back with sand in/on their sandals.

Greek very often uses με + noun this way:

• με λάσπη στα παπούτσια = with mud on/in the shoes
• με νερό στα μαλλιά = with water in the hair / wet hair

So και με άμμο στα σανδάλια μου adds another detail about the speaker’s condition when they returned.

Because άμμο is the accusative singular form.

The basic dictionary form is:

• η άμμος = sand

But after the preposition με, Greek uses the accusative:

• με άμμο = with sand

So:

• η άμμος = nominative
• την άμμο = accusative

This is a very common pattern in Greek after prepositions such as με and σε.

Στα is the contracted form of σε + τα.

So:

• σε τα σανδάλια → στα σανδάλια

It means something like in the sandals, on the sandals, or at the sandals, depending on context. In English, the most natural translation here is probably in my sandals or on my sandals.

A useful thing to remember is that Greek σε covers several meanings that English splits into in, on, and at.

Because Greek possessive words like μου, σου, του, της usually come after the noun.

So:

• τα σανδάλια μου = my sandals
• το σπίτι μου = my house/home
• ο φίλος μου = my friend

This is one of the most basic word-order differences from English. English says my sandals; Greek says literally the sandals my.

Yes. They both give extra information about the condition of the speaker when they returned.

The sentence is basically:

• I returned home
• wet
• and with sand in/on my sandals

So both parts are linked to the implied subject I:

• βρεγμένος = wet
• με άμμο στα σανδάλια μου = with sand in/on my sandals

This kind of structure is very natural in Greek and lets you pile on details about the subject very efficiently.