Πριν από τη συνάντηση, θα διαβάσω ξανά την αναφορά που έγραψα χτες.

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

• Πριν από τη συνάντηση = before the meeting

Greek also has πριν by itself, but πριν από + accusative noun is a very common pattern for talking about time before an event.

Examples:

• πριν από το μάθημα = before the lesson
• πριν από το φαγητό = before the meal

So here, Πριν από τη συνάντηση sets the time frame for the rest of the sentence.

Because από requires the accusative case, and so does the whole expression πριν από in this use.

The dictionary form is:

• η συνάντηση = the meeting

But after πριν από, it becomes:

• τη συνάντηση = the meeting (accusative)

So:

• η συνάντηση = subject form
• τη συνάντηση = object/accusative form

This is one of the basic case changes learners need to get used to in Greek.

Because Greek usually uses the perfective form after θα when talking about a single complete future action.

• θα διαβάσω = I will read / I will read through
• θα διαβάζω = I will be reading / I will read habitually

In this sentence, the speaker means one complete action:

• Before the meeting, I will read the report again

So θα διαβάσω is the natural choice.

Very roughly:

• θα διαβάσω = future, one whole action
• θα διαβάζω = future, ongoing or repeated action

No. By itself, διαβάσω is not a normal standalone present tense form. Here it is the perfective subjunctive-type stem used after θα to form the future.

From the verb διαβάζω = I read

You commonly see:

• διαβάζω = I read / I am reading
• θα διαβάσω = I will read
• να διαβάσω = that I read / for me to read

So learners often notice that Greek future is not formed the way English does. Instead of a separate future verb ending, Greek uses θα + verb form.

ξανά means again.

So:

• θα διαβάσω ξανά = I will read again

Its position is very natural here, after the verb:

• θα διαβάσω ξανά την αναφορά

Greek word order is flexible, but this placement sounds normal and clear. You may also hear ξανά in slightly different positions depending on emphasis, but in this sentence it simply modifies the action read again.

Because αναφορά is the direct object of διαβάσω.

The dictionary form is:

• η αναφορά = the report

As a direct object, it becomes accusative:

• την αναφορά = the report

So:

• θα διαβάσω την αναφορά = I will read the report

This is the same kind of case change as with τη συνάντηση.

που here means that / which and introduces a relative clause.

So:

• την αναφορά που έγραψα χτες = the report that I wrote yesterday

It connects αναφορά with the extra information έγραψα χτες.

A useful point for English speakers: Greek που does not change form the way English sometimes distinguishes who, which, that, etc. It is widely used as a general relative word.

Because έγραψα refers to a completed action in the past:

• έγραψα = I wrote
• έγραφα = I was writing / I used to write

In this sentence, the speaker means:

• the report that I wrote yesterday

That is a completed event, so έγραψα is the right choice.

If you said που έγραφα χτες, it would suggest something more like:

• that I was writing yesterday

That would give a different meaning.

χτες means yesterday. It appears at the end because that is a very natural place for a time expression in Greek, especially inside a relative clause.

• που έγραψα χτες = that I wrote yesterday

But Greek word order is flexible, so you could also see:

• που χτες έγραψα
• που έγραψα την χτες — not correct here because χτες is not attached to the noun that way

The original version is the most straightforward and natural.

Also, you may see:

• χτες
• χθες

They are the same word; χτες is a common modern spelling.

Because Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

• θα διαβάσω already means I will read
• έγραψα already means I wrote

So adding εγώ is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Εγώ θα διαβάσω ξανά την αναφορά = I will read the report again (emphatic)

This is very normal in Greek and is one of the first things English speakers notice.

Because Πριν από τη συνάντηση is an introductory time phrase, and Greek commonly separates that kind of phrase with a comma.

So the sentence structure is:

• Before the meeting, ...
• I will read the report again...

The comma helps organize the sentence and makes it easier to read. In English, this comma is also common with introductory phrases.

In everyday Greek, πριν τη συνάντηση can sometimes be heard, but πριν από τη συνάντηση is the clearer and more standard full form.

For a learner, πριν από + accusative noun is the safest pattern to remember.

Compare:

• πριν από τη συνάντηση = before the meeting
• πριν φύγω = before I leave

So:

• before + noun -> often πριν από
• before + clause/verb -> often πριν

Very close to English:

• Πριν από τη συνάντηση = Before the meeting
• θα διαβάσω ξανά = I will read again
• την αναφορά = the report
• που έγραψα χτες = that I wrote yesterday

So the full structure is:

Before the meeting, I will read again the report that I wrote yesterday.

In natural English, you would usually say: Before the meeting, I will read the report I wrote yesterday again or more naturally: Before the meeting, I will read the report I wrote yesterday again / reread the report I wrote yesterday.

Greek word order is flexible, but the sentence maps quite neatly onto English.

Often, yes.

• θα διαβάσω ξανά την αναφορά = I will read the report again
• very natural English equivalent: I will reread the report

Greek usually expresses this idea with a separate word like ξανά rather than with a prefix attached to the verb in the same way English sometimes does.

So if you mentally translate διαβάσω ξανά as reread, that is often a good instinct.