Κάθε πρωί ταΐζω τη γάτα και μετά χαϊδεύω λίγο τον σκύλο πριν φύγω.

Greek often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• ταΐζω = I feed
• χαϊδεύω = I pet / I stroke
• φύγω = I leave in this dependent form

You could add εγώ for emphasis, but it is not necessary here.

Κάθε πρωί means every morning.

• κάθε = each / every
• πρωί = morning

A useful point is that κάθε does not change form here. Greek commonly uses κάθε + singular noun to express a repeated habit:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε βράδυ = every night
• κάθε πρωί = every morning

ταΐζω is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb ταΐζω, meaning to feed.

So:

• ταΐζω = I feed
• ταΐζεις = you feed
• ταΐζει = he/she/it feeds

In this sentence, the present tense expresses a habitual action: this is something the speaker does every morning.

The ΐ shows that the α and ι are pronounced in separate syllables, not blended together.

So ταΐζω is pronounced roughly like ta-EE-zo / ta-I-zo, not as one smooth vowel combination.

The accent also shows where the stress falls.

This same idea appears in χαϊδεύω below.

Because γάτα and σκύλος are the direct objects of the verbs, so Greek uses the accusative case.

• dictionary form: η γάτα = the cat

• accusative: τη γάτα = the cat

• dictionary form: ο σκύλος = the dog
• accusative: τον σκύλο = the dog

The article changes to match the noun’s gender, number, and case.

In Modern Greek, the feminine accusative article την often loses its final -ν before many consonants.

So both spelling rules and normal usage give:

• τη γάτα

The full την is kept more consistently before vowels and certain consonants. For example:

• την αλεπού
• την πόρτα

So τη γάτα is completely normal and standard.

This is a normal change for many masculine nouns ending in -ος.

• nominative: ο σκύλος
• accusative: τον σκύλο

In the accusative singular, the final -ς usually disappears.

The same pattern happens with many nouns:

• ο φίλος → τον φίλο
• ο δρόμος → τον δρόμο

Here μετά means then or after that.

It is functioning as an adverb, linking one action to the next:

1. I feed the cat
2. then I pet the dog

So in this sentence it is not really after followed by a noun; it is simply marking sequence.

χαϊδεύω is the 1st person singular present tense of χαϊδεύω.

Here it means I pet, I stroke, or I caress.

With an animal, pet or stroke is the most natural English idea:

• χαϊδεύω τον σκύλο = I pet / stroke the dog

Like ταΐζω, it is present tense and describes part of the speaker’s routine.

Again, the diaeresis shows that the vowels are pronounced separately.

So χαϊδεύω is roughly ha-ee-DE-vo / ha-i-DE-vo, not a single combined vowel sound at the start.

This is a spelling feature that helps you pronounce the word correctly.

Here λίγο is an adverb, meaning a little, for a bit, or briefly.

It modifies the verb χαϊδεύω, not the noun σκύλο.

So:

• χαϊδεύω λίγο τον σκύλο = I pet the dog a little / for a bit

In other contexts, λίγο can also behave differently, but here it is clearly adverbial.

Because it naturally modifies the verb phrase:

• χαϊδεύω λίγο τον σκύλο

This is a very normal word order in Greek. It keeps λίγο close to the action χαϊδεύω.

Greek word order is fairly flexible, but this placement sounds natural and clear.

This is an important Greek grammar point.

The sentence describes a habitual routine, so the main verbs are present tense:

• ταΐζω = I feed
• χαϊδεύω = I pet

But after πριν (before), Greek normally uses a subjunctive-type dependent form, and very often the aorist/perfective stem is used for a single completed event.

So:

• φεύγω = I am leaving / I leave
• φύγω = the perfective subjunctive-type form, used here after πριν

So πριν φύγω means before I leave.

Because after πριν, Greek normally does not use the ordinary present form φεύγω in this kind of sentence.

Instead, it uses the dependent form φύγω, which presents the leaving as one whole event:

• πριν φύγω = before I leave

Using φεύγω here would sound unidiomatic in standard Greek.

Because Greek can say this in two ways:

• πριν φύγω
• πριν να φύγω

Both are used, and πριν φύγω is very common and natural.

So the absence of να here is not strange at all.

Normally, no—not in a neutral sentence like this.

Greek usually uses the definite article with specific nouns much more regularly than English learners sometimes expect. Since this is the cat and the dog the speaker has in mind, the articles are natural and expected:

• τη γάτα
• τον σκύλο

Leaving them out would usually sound incomplete or unnatural here.

Not completely. Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

This version is natural because it presents the actions in a clear sequence:

• Κάθε πρωί = time frame
• ταΐζω τη γάτα = first action
• και μετά χαϊδεύω λίγο τον σκύλο = next action
• πριν φύγω = final time clause

You can move parts around for emphasis, but this version is smooth and very idiomatic.