Το κρεοπωλείο δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο κλείνει νωρίς το Σάββατο.

Because κρεοπωλείο is a neuter singular noun, and in Greek nouns normally appear with their article much more often than in English.

• το κρεοπωλείο = the butcher shop
• το is the neuter singular nominative/accusative article

Greek articles must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

κρεοπωλείο means butcher shop. It is built from parts:

• κρέας = meat
• -πωλείο = shop/store, a place where something is sold

So κρεοπωλείο is literally something like meat-shop.

This -πωλείο ending appears in other shop words too, such as:

• βιβλιοπωλείο = bookstore
• αρτοποιείο = bakery
• παντοπωλείο = grocery store / general store

Because δίπλα is an adverb meaning beside / next to, and it is very commonly used with σε plus a noun:

• δίπλα σε κάτι = next to something

In your sentence, σε το becomes στο, so:

• δίπλα σε το παντοπωλείο → δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο

So δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο means next to the grocery store.

Because δίπλα here takes σε + accusative, not the genitive.

So the structure is:

• δίπλα σε το παντοπωλείο
• contracted: δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο

Since παντοπωλείο is neuter singular, the accusative article is also το, and σε + το = στο.

A learner often expects something like of the grocery store, but Greek does not express this idea that way here. It uses next to + at/to rather than next to + of.

παντοπωλείο is a traditional word for a grocery store, general store, or small food shop.

It comes from older elements meaning something like a place that sells all sorts of things.

In modern everyday Greek, depending on context, people may also use words like:

• σούπερ μάρκετ = supermarket
• μπακάλικο = small grocery shop

But παντοπωλείο is perfectly correct and common in textbook or standard usage.

Because it describes which butcher shop we are talking about: the one next to the grocery store.

So the structure is:

• Το κρεοπωλείο = the butcher shop
• δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο = next to the grocery store

Together:

• Το κρεοπωλείο δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο = The butcher shop next to the grocery store

This is similar to English noun + descriptive phrase:

• the shop near the station
• the house on the corner

Greek often puts this descriptive phrase directly after the noun.

Because Greek, like English, often uses the present tense for habitual actions and schedules.

So κλείνει can mean:

• closes
• is closing only in some contexts, but here it means closes

In this sentence it describes a routine:

• it closes early on Saturday

So this is the normal present for a repeated fact.

κλείνει is the 3rd person singular present of κλείνω = to close.

Here it agrees with το κρεοπωλείο, which is singular:

• το κρεοπωλείο κλείνει = the butcher shop closes

Some useful related forms:

• κλείνω = I close / I am closing
• κλείνεις = you close
• κλείνει = he/she/it closes

Since a shop is grammatically a singular thing, Greek uses κλείνει.

νωρίς means early.

It is an adverb, so it does not change for gender, number, or case.

Examples:

• Ξυπνάω νωρίς. = I wake up early.
• Το μαγαζί κλείνει νωρίς. = The shop closes early.

So in your sentence, νωρίς simply tells us how it closes.

In Greek, days of the week often take the article when you mean on that day.

So:

• το Σάββατο = on Saturday

This is a very common Greek pattern. Greek does not need a separate word exactly like English on in this expression.

Examples:

• τη Δευτέρα = on Monday
• την Τρίτη = on Tuesday
• το Σάββατο = on Saturday

The article changes according to the gender of the day word:

• Δευτέρα is feminine → τη(ν) Δευτέρα
• Σάββατο is neuter → το Σάββατο

It can depend on context, but in a sentence like this it usually means on Saturday as part of a regular schedule.

So:

• κλείνει νωρίς το Σάββατο = it closes early on Saturday

In the right context, το Σάββατο can also mean this Saturday, but here the schedule-like meaning is the most natural.

If Greek wants to make the habitual meaning especially clear, context usually does the job.

Because the main verb is κλείνει = closes. English also does not need is when using closes:

• The butcher shop closes early on Saturday.

You would only need is in English if you said:

• is closing

Greek already has a complete finite verb in κλείνει, so nothing extra is needed.

It breaks down like this:

• Το κρεοπωλείο = subject
• δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο = phrase describing the subject
• κλείνει = verb
• νωρίς = adverb
• το Σάββατο = time expression

So the pattern is roughly:

[Subject] + [description of subject] + [verb] + [adverb] + [time]

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

Yes. Greek allows more flexibility than English, as long as the endings and articles make the relationships clear.

For example, you might also see:

• Το Σάββατο το κρεοπωλείο δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο κλείνει νωρίς.
• Το κρεοπωλείο κλείνει νωρίς το Σάββατο.
• Νωρίς κλείνει το κρεοπωλείο δίπλα στο παντοπωλείο το Σάββατο.
  (more marked, used for emphasis)

But the original sentence is the most neutral and straightforward.

It describes the butcher shop, not the action of closing.

So the meaning is:

• the butcher shop that is next to the grocery store

not

• it closes next to the grocery store

Greek puts that phrase right after το κρεοπωλείο, which helps show that it belongs with the noun.

So it functions like a reduced relative idea:

• the butcher shop that is next to the grocery store

Yes, that is a very useful pattern.

Many Greek nouns ending in -είο are neuter:

• το κρεοπωλείο
• το παντοπωλείο
• το βιβλιοπωλείο
• το ταχυδρομείο

So when you see -είο, it is often a strong clue that the noun is neuter and usually takes το in the singular.