Δεν τρώω κρουασάν κάθε μέρα, αλλά καμιά φορά παίρνω ένα πριν από τη δουλειά, ενώ ο φίλος μου παραγγέλνει πάντα μπριζόλα το βράδυ.

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

• τρώω = I eat
• παίρνω = I take / get
• παραγγέλνει = he/she orders

So Δεν τρώω... naturally means I don’t eat... without needing εγώ.

You would add εγώ only for emphasis or contrast, for example:

• Εγώ δεν τρώω κρουασάν, αλλά ο φίλος μου τρώει. = I don’t eat croissants, but my friend does.

Δεν is the basic word for not in Greek. It goes directly before the verb:

• Δεν τρώω = I do not eat
• Δεν παίρνω = I do not get / buy

So in Δεν τρώω κρουασάν κάθε μέρα, the negation applies to the verb τρώω.

A useful detail: δεν is used before verbs that begin with most sounds, while μη(ν) is used in other structures such as commands or subjunctive-based expressions.

Because τρώω is the 1st person singular present tense form: I eat.

The present-tense forms are:

• τρώω = I eat
• τρως = you eat
• τρώει = he/she/it eats
• τρώμε = we eat
• τρώτε = you (plural) eat
• τρώνε / τρώνουν = they eat

So Δεν τρώω κρουασάν specifically means I don’t eat croissants.

In Greek, as in English, you often do not need an article with a direct object when speaking generally or indefinitely.

• Δεν τρώω κρουασάν κάθε μέρα = I don’t eat croissants every day

This sounds general, not about one specific croissant.

If you said:

• Δεν τρώω το κρουασάν = I’m not eating the croissant

that would refer to a specific one.

So the lack of article here gives a more general meaning.

Κάθε μέρα means every day.

A few key points:

1. κάθε means every / each
2. It is followed directly by the noun
3. You normally do not use an article after κάθε

So:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε βράδυ = every evening
• κάθε εβδομάδα = every week

ημέρα is a more formal word for day, while μέρα is the everyday word. Both exist, but κάθε μέρα is the most natural here.

Καμιά φορά means sometimes or once in a while.

In this sentence:

• αλλά καμιά φορά παίρνω ένα... = but sometimes I get one...

Compared with μερικές φορές:

• καμιά φορά often feels a little more casual and idiomatic
• μερικές φορές is also very common and means sometimes

They are often interchangeable, though καμιά φορά can feel slightly closer to now and then in some contexts.

Παίρνω literally has a broad meaning: take, get, pick up, and in everyday speech it can also mean buy or grab depending on context.

So here:

• παίρνω ένα πριν από τη δουλειά

most naturally means something like:

• I get one before work
• I buy one before work
• I grab one before work

This is very natural Greek. Greek often uses everyday verbs like παίρνω where English might choose a more specific verb.

Because ένα is the neuter form of one / a.

The noun κρουασάν is neuter:

• το κρουασάν = the croissant

So when the speaker says:

• παίρνω ένα

the word ένα stands for ένα κρουασάν = one croissant.

Compare the forms:

• ένας = masculine nominative
• έναν = masculine accusative
• μία / μια = feminine
• ένα = neuter

Since κρουασάν is neuter, ένα is correct.

Because Greek, like English, can leave out a noun when it is obvious from context.

Earlier in the sentence, κρουασάν has already been mentioned, so:

• παίρνω ένα

naturally means:

• I get one
• I get one croissant

This is exactly like English one standing in for a previously mentioned noun.

Πριν από means before when it is followed by a noun phrase.

So:

• πριν από τη δουλειά = before work

Breakdown:

• πριν από = before
• τη δουλειά = the work / work

Greek often uses the article in time expressions like this, so πριν από τη δουλειά is perfectly natural.

Also, Greek can use:

• πριν από + noun
• πριν + clause/verb phrase

For example:

• πριν από το μάθημα = before the lesson
• πριν φύγω = before I leave

Both are related to the same article: την.

Before certain sounds, especially in everyday writing and speech, Greek often drops the final -ν:

• την δουλειά → τη δουλειά

This is extremely common and completely standard in many contexts.

So:

• τη δουλειά
• την δουλειά

can both be seen, but τη δουλειά is very natural here.

Here ενώ means while, whereas, or while on the other hand.

In this sentence it introduces a contrast:

• ...ενώ ο φίλος μου παραγγέλνει πάντα μπριζόλα το βράδυ. = ...whereas my friend always orders steak in the evening.

So ενώ can connect two things happening at the same time, but it can also show contrast between two habits or situations. Here the contrast meaning is important.

The normal way to say my friend in Greek is:

• ο φίλος μου

Structure:

• ο φίλος = the friend
• μου = my

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

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η αδερφή του = his sister
• ο φίλος μου = my friend

You may sometimes see other orders for emphasis in special contexts, but ο φίλος μου is the standard pattern.

Παραγγέλνει is the 3rd person singular present of παραγγέλνω, meaning to order.

So:

• ο φίλος μου παραγγέλνει = my friend orders

This fits the subject ο φίλος μου.

A quick mini-paradigm:

• παραγγέλνω = I order
• παραγγέλνεις = you order
• παραγγέλνει = he/she orders

Because Greek often leaves out the indefinite article with direct objects, especially when the meaning is general or habitual.

So:

• παραγγέλνει πάντα μπριζόλα = he always orders steak / a steak

This sounds natural in Greek.

If you added an article, the meaning would change:

• παραγγέλνει τη μπριζόλα = he orders the steak
  • likely a specific steak

Without the article, it is just the kind of thing he orders as a habit.

Because these are two different kinds of time expressions.

• κάθε μέρα = every day

  • after κάθε, Greek normally does not use an article

• το βράδυ = in the evening / at night

  • this is a common adverbial expression where Greek does use the article

This is very normal in Greek:

• το πρωί = in the morning
• το μεσημέρι = at noon / in the midday
• το απόγευμα = in the afternoon
• το βράδυ = in the evening

So the article here is not unusual; it is part of a standard time expression.

Greek word order is more flexible than English, but this order is very natural.

• παραγγέλνει = orders
• πάντα = always
• μπριζόλα = steak
• το βράδυ = in the evening

So the sentence flows as:

• he always orders steak in the evening

The adverb πάντα often comes before the object or near the verb. Other orders are possible, but they may change emphasis:

• πάντα παραγγέλνει μπριζόλα
• μπριζόλα παραγγέλνει πάντα
• το βράδυ παραγγέλνει πάντα μπριζόλα

All are possible in the right context, but the original is a neutral, natural order.

It describes habits or repeated actions, which is why Greek uses the present tense:

• Δεν τρώω... κάθε μέρα
• καμιά φορά παίρνω...
• ο φίλος μου παραγγέλνει πάντα...

The time expressions make the habitual meaning clear:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• καμιά φορά = sometimes
• πάντα = always
• το βράδυ = in the evening

So this is not about one specific day; it is about what usually happens.