Μην φωνάζεις από την κουζίνα· έρχομαι σε λίγο.

Because Μην is used for negative commands and prohibitions: don’t ...

Greek does not use δεν for commands.

• δεν φωνάζεις would mean something like you are not shouting
• μην φωνάζεις means don’t shout / stop shouting

So here Μην is the correct way to begin a negative instruction.

It is the 2nd person singular form of φωνάζω: you shout / you are shouting.

After μην, this form is used to make a negative command. So even though it looks like the ordinary present-tense form, in this sentence it functions as don’t shout.

A useful comparison:

• Μην φωνάζεις = don’t be shouting / stop shouting / don’t shout like that
• Μην φωνάξεις = don’t shout (more like a single completed act)

So the choice of form also affects the aspect.

This is an aspect difference.

• φωνάζεις uses the imperfective stem, which often suggests an ongoing, repeated, or general action.
• φωνάξεις uses the perfective stem, which often points to a single whole action.

So:

• Μην φωνάζεις can sound like don’t shout like that / stop shouting / don’t keep calling from there
• Μην φωνάξεις is more like don’t shout once

In this sentence, the speaker is reacting to someone calling out from another room, so φωνάζεις sounds very natural.

Yes, από does mean from.

Here από την κουζίνα means from the kitchen, in the sense that the other person is calling out while being in that room. Greek naturally uses από when a voice, sound, or action comes from a place.

So the idea is: Don’t shout from the kitchen.

In English, depending on context, we might also say don’t shout from the kitchen or don’t shout while you’re in the kitchen.

Because Greek uses the definite article much more often than English.

When talking about a specific room that both speakers know, την κουζίνα is the normal form: the kitchen.

So:

• από την κουζίνα = from the kitchen

Leaving the article out here would sound wrong.

That mark is the Greek άνω τελεία.

In modern text, it often works like an English semicolon or sometimes a colon. It separates two closely connected parts of the sentence.

So here it marks a pause between:

• Μην φωνάζεις από την κουζίνα
• έρχομαι σε λίγο

It is not a multiplication dot or anything special in pronunciation; it is just punctuation.

Greek often uses the present tense for something that is about to happen or is already in progress, especially with movement verbs.

So έρχομαι σε λίγο literally looks like I am coming in a little while, but in natural English it often comes out as I’ll be there soon or I’m coming in a moment.

Compare:

• έρχομαι σε λίγο = more immediate, as if the speaker is already on the way or about to move
• θα έρθω σε λίγο = also correct, but a little more neutral as a future statement

Σε λίγο is a very common expression meaning:

• soon
• in a little while
• in a moment
• in a bit

Literally, it is something like in a little [time], but Greek normally leaves the word time unstated.

So you can learn σε λίγο as a fixed phrase.

Because Greek usually drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.

έρχομαι already means I come / I’m coming, so εγώ is unnecessary unless the speaker wants emphasis.

• έρχομαι σε λίγο = neutral, natural
• εγώ έρχομαι σε λίγο = more emphatic, something like I’m the one coming soon or I am coming soon

No. φωνάζω can mean several related things, depending on context:

• shout
• yell
• call out
• call someone
• in some contexts, even name

In this sentence, it means something like shout/call out loudly from another room. That is why English could translate it as either don’t shout or don’t call out.

Yes. Greek word order is fairly flexible.

Both are natural:

• έρχομαι σε λίγο
• σε λίγο έρχομαι

The difference is mainly emphasis:

• έρχομαι σε λίγο = neutral flow
• σε λίγο έρχομαι = puts extra focus on soon / in a moment

So the version in your sentence is normal, but it is not the only possible order.