Σήμερα με πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο, γιατί κουβάλησα πολλές σακούλες, και ο καρπός μου είναι ακόμα λίγο πρησμένος.

Both are possible, but με πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο is a very natural Greek way to say it.

Literally, it works like:

• με = me
• πονάει = hurts
• το δεξί μου μπράτσο = my right arm

So Greek is structuring it more like:

• My right arm hurts me

This is a very common pattern with πονάω / πονάει when talking about body parts.

You can also hear:

• Το δεξί μου μπράτσο πονάει
• Πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο

But με πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο strongly highlights the experience of the person: my right arm is hurting me.

με is the weak object pronoun meaning me.

In this sentence, it shows who is affected by the pain:

• με πονάει = it hurts me

This is very common in Greek with body-part pain:

• Με πονάει το κεφάλι μου = My head hurts
• Με πονάνε τα πόδια μου = My legs hurt

So even though English usually says my arm hurts, Greek often says something closer to the arm hurts me.

Because the subject is singular:

• το δεξί μου μπράτσο = my right arm

Since μπράτσο is singular, the verb is singular too:

• το μπράτσο πονάει

If the subject were plural, the verb would usually be plural:

• Με πονάνε τα χέρια μου = My hands hurt

So the verb agrees with the thing that hurts, not with με.

Greek normally uses the definite article with body parts and with possessives.

So Greek prefers:

• το δεξί μου μπράτσο
• ο καρπός μου

rather than leaving out the article.

This is one of the places where Greek differs from English. In English, my right arm does not need the, but in Greek the article is standard:

• το
  • δεξί
    • μου
      • μπράτσο

The same thing happens with many nouns:

• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η αδερφή μου = my sister

In Modern Greek, possessive pronouns like μου, σου, του usually come after the noun or after the adjective+noun phrase.

So:

• το δεξί μου μπράτσο = correct
• ο καρπός μου = correct

The possessive clitic μου is unstressed and has a fixed position in natural Greek.

You will commonly see:

• το βιβλίο μου
• η μικρή μου αδερφή
• το παλιό μου αυτοκίνητο

So in this sentence, δεξί μου μπράτσο is the normal order.

This is a very common source of confusion.

In Greek:

• χέρι can mean hand and also sometimes arm in a general sense
• μπράτσο more specifically means arm, especially the upper/larger arm area

So:

• το χέρι μου can sometimes be a broader everyday word
• το μπράτσο μου is more specifically my arm

In this sentence, μπράτσο makes sense because carrying heavy bags can make your arm sore.

κουβάλησα is the aorist (simple past) of κουβαλάω / κουβαλώ, meaning to carry, to haul, to lug.

So:

• κουβάλησα πολλές σακούλες = I carried a lot of bags

The aorist is used because the speaker is referring to a completed action in the past:

• at some point earlier, they carried many bags
• now, as a result, their arm/wrist hurts

This is a very typical use of the Greek aorist: a finished event.

Because σακούλες is:

• feminine
• plural
• here it is the object of the verb

The singular is:

• η σακούλα = the bag

The plural is:

• οι σακούλες = the bags

And after πολλές:

• πολλές σακούλες = many bags

The adjective πολλές agrees with the noun in gender and number.

Because γιατί introduces the reason:

• ..., γιατί κουβάλησα πολλές σακούλες = ..., because I carried many bags

In writing, Greek often uses commas to separate clauses, especially when the sentence is fairly long. The commas here help divide the sentence into clear parts:

1. Σήμερα με πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο
2. γιατί κουβάλησα πολλές σακούλες
3. και ο καρπός μου είναι ακόμα λίγο πρησμένος

So the punctuation is helping the reader follow the structure.

Yes — καρπός is one of those Greek words with more than one meaning.

It can mean:

• fruit
• wrist
• sometimes result/yield in other contexts

Here, because the sentence is about body pain, ο καρπός μου clearly means:

• my wrist

This is completely normal in Greek, and context tells you which meaning is intended.

Because πρησμένος agrees with ο καρπός, which is:

• masculine
• singular

So the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• ο καρπός μου είναι πρησμένος = my wrist is swollen

Compare:

• το μάτι μου είναι πρησμένο = neuter singular
• η παλάμη μου είναι πρησμένη = feminine singular

Greek adjectives change form to match the noun they describe.

It means something like:

• still a little swollen

Breakdown:

• ακόμα = still
• λίγο = a little
• πρησμένος = swollen

So the speaker is saying the swelling has not completely gone away.

The adverb λίγο softens the description:

• πρησμένος = swollen
• λίγο πρησμένος = a little swollen

And ακόμα adds the idea that this condition continues up to now.

Σήμερα means today, and Greek often puts time expressions near the beginning of the sentence.

So:

• Σήμερα με πονάει το δεξί μου μπράτσο = Today my right arm hurts

This placement sets the time frame right away. It is very natural Greek word order.

You could move it for emphasis, but sentence-initial position is the most straightforward choice.

Possibly, depending on what exactly they mean.

But there is a nuance:

• χέρι can be broader and sometimes less precise
• μπράτσο is more specifically arm
• καρπός is specifically wrist

Since the sentence later mentions ο καρπός μου, the speaker is clearly describing pain in related parts of the arm. Using μπράτσο helps make the body area more specific.

It can be either, depending on context and tone.

κουβαλάω / κουβαλώ often suggests physically carrying or hauling something, sometimes with effort. So in this sentence, because the person’s arm and wrist hurt afterward, English words like:

• carried
• hauled
• lugged

can all fit.

The exact English choice depends on how natural or strong you want the translation to sound.

Yes. In Modern Greek, you may hear both:

• πονάει
• πονά

Both are used for he/she/it hurts.

Similarly:

• μιλάει / μιλά
• περνάει / περνά

In this sentence, πονάει is perfectly standard and very common.

Because the speaker is describing their current condition:

• Σήμερα με πονάει... = Today ... hurts
• ο καρπός μου είναι ακόμα λίγο πρησμένος = my wrist is still a little swollen

These are things that are true now.

Then the sentence gives the cause in the past:

• γιατί κουβάλησα πολλές σακούλες = because I carried many bags

So the tense sequence is:

• present for the current pain/swelling
• past for the earlier action that caused it

That combination is very natural.

It is very natural everyday Greek.

Nothing in it sounds especially formal or literary. A native speaker could easily say this in normal conversation when talking about pain or overexertion.

Words like:

• με πονάει
• κουβάλησα
• σακούλες
• πρησμένος

are all normal, common vocabulary in spoken Greek.

Not very naturally.

A very literal version would be something like:

• Today hurts me my right arm, because I carried many bags, and my wrist is still a little swollen.

That is not normal English, but it helps show the Greek structure.

A natural English version would rearrange the first part:

• Today my right arm hurts because I carried a lot of bags, and my wrist is still a little swollen.

So this is a good example of a sentence where understanding the Greek grammar matters more than translating word-for-word.