Μετά το χάπι ανακουφίζομαι λίγο.

In this sentence, μετά is a preposition meaning after.

When μετά is used this way in Modern Greek, it is followed by the accusative case, so:

• το χάπι = the pill (accusative/neuter singular)

So:

• μετά το χάπι = after the pill

In everyday Greek, this often means after taking the pill or after the pill has had an effect, depending on context.

Literally, it is after the pill. But in natural usage, Greek often leaves out ideas that are understood from context.

So μετά το χάπι commonly means:

• after taking the pill
• after the pill
• once I’ve taken the pill

English often prefers to make the action explicit, but Greek does not always need to.

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

So το χάπι means the pill, but in context it can sound natural even where English might say just after taking medicine or after a pill.

Μετά χάπι would sound wrong here. Greek normally needs the article with a noun in this kind of expression:

• μετά το φαγητό = after the meal / after eating
• μετά το μάθημα = after class
• μετά το χάπι = after the pill

Χάπι means pill or tablet.

It is a neuter noun, which is why the article is το:

• το χάπι = the pill

It is a common everyday word, especially for medicine.

Ανακουφίζομαι means something like:

• I feel relief
• I am relieved
• I feel better
• I get some relief

In this sentence, it suggests that the speaker’s discomfort, pain, or symptoms lessen.

So the full sentence means roughly:

• After the pill, I feel a little relief
• After the pill, I feel a little better
• The pill relieves me a little

The exact English wording depends on context.

Yes—formally, ανακουφίζομαι is in the mediopassive/passive-looking form.

In Modern Greek, verbs ending in -μαι often correspond to English ideas like:

• I am ...
• I get ...
• I feel ...
• I am being ...

But you should not always translate them as a simple passive.

Here, ανακουφίζομαι does not mean a stiff literal I am relieved in every context. It often works more naturally as:

• I feel relieved
• I get relief

So it is best to learn it as a whole verb meaning to feel relief / be relieved.

The active form is ανακουφίζω, which means I relieve.

For example:

• Το φάρμακο με ανακουφίζει. = The medicine relieves me.

Compare that with:

• Ανακουφίζομαι. = I feel relief / I am relieved.

So:

• ανακουφίζω = I relieve something/someone
• ανακουφίζομαι = I am relieved / I feel relief

Λίγο means a little.

In this sentence it modifies the whole idea of being relieved, so:

• ανακουφίζομαι λίγο = I’m relieved a little / I feel a little better

Putting λίγο after the verb is very natural in Greek.

The end position often sounds especially smooth and neutral here.

Yes, Greek word order is flexible, so you may also hear things like:

• Μετά το χάπι λίγο ανακουφίζομαι.
• Λίγο ανακουφίζομαι μετά το χάπι.

But these can sound more marked, more stylistic, or more dependent on context.

The most neutral everyday version is:

• Μετά το χάπι ανακουφίζομαι λίγο.

So for a learner, the original sentence is a very good default model.

No, Greek word order is not as fixed as English word order.

Greek uses endings and articles to show grammatical relationships, so speakers can move words around for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• topic/focus
• style

Still, the original order sounds natural and straightforward:

• Μετά το χάπι = setting the time/context first
• ανακουφίζομαι = main verb
• λίγο = degree, at the end

So this sentence has a very normal information flow: After the pill, I feel a little better.

Yes, you may hear μετά από in Modern Greek, and it also means after.

However, with time expressions or simple everyday phrases, Greek often just uses μετά directly:

• μετά το φαγητό
• μετά το μάθημα
• μετά το χάπι

So μετά το χάπι is perfectly natural and probably the most direct phrasing here.

Grammatically, it could be either, because ανακουφίζομαι can refer to:

• physical relief, such as pain or symptoms getting better
• emotional relief, such as feeling less worried

But because the sentence includes το χάπι (the pill), the most natural interpretation is physical relief.

So a listener would probably understand:

• After taking the pill, I feel a little better.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

Me-TA to HA-pi a-na-ku-FI-zo-me LI-go

Stress falls on:

• μετά
• χάπι
• ανακουφίζομαι → on -φί-
• λίγο

If you want to sound natural, keep the rhythm fairly smooth:

Μετά το χάπι ανακουφίζομαι λίγο.

Yes. A very literal translation like After the pill I relieve myself a little would be misleading in English.

That happens because Greek ανακουφίζομαι does not match English word-for-word.

Better natural translations are:

• After the pill, I feel a little better.
• After the pill, I get a little relief.
• The pill relieves me a little.

So this is a good example of why Greek verbs should often be learned by meaning in context, not by word-for-word translation.