Άφησα το τάπερ στο ψυγείο του γραφείου, και η συνάδελφός μου έβαλε τα φρούτα σε μια πιατέλα για όλους.

Greek often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb ending usually makes the subject clear.

• Άφησα = I left
• έβαλε = he/she/it put

In this sentence, η συνάδελφός μου explicitly names the subject of έβαλε, so a separate pronoun is unnecessary.

If you added εγώ or αυτή, it would usually sound more emphatic, like I left it, or she put the fruit out.

Both are in the aorist, which is the normal Greek tense for a completed action in the past.

• άφησα = I left
• έβαλε = she put

Here, the speaker is describing two finished actions:

1. leaving the container in the office fridge
2. putting the fruit on a platter

This is different from the imperfect, which would suggest an ongoing, repeated, or background action.

For example:

• άφηνα = I was leaving / I used to leave
• έβαζε = she was putting / she used to put

στο is just the contracted form of σε + το.

So:

• σε το ψυγείο → στο ψυγείο

This is extremely common in Greek:

• στο = σε + το
• στη = σε + τη(ν)
• στον = σε + τον
• στους = σε + τους

Here στο ψυγείο means in the fridge.

του γραφείου is in the genitive case and shows possession or association.

So:

• το ψυγείο = the fridge
• του γραφείου = of the office

Together, το ψυγείο του γραφείου means the office fridge or more literally the fridge of the office.

This is a very common Greek structure. English often prefers a noun-noun phrase like office fridge, but Greek often uses noun + genitive instead.

Also, γραφείο can mean office, and in some contexts desk, but here office is clearly the intended meaning.

τάπερ is a very common everyday Greek word for a plastic food container, especially the kind used to bring food from home. It comes from Tupperware.

It is treated as a neuter noun, so it takes the article το:

• το τάπερ

In everyday speech, this is much more natural than a more formal description like πλαστικό δοχείο φαγητού.

Also, τάπερ is generally used as an indeclinable loanword in casual speech, so learners often just memorize it as a fixed form with the neuter article.

This happens because μου is an enclitic word. When certain Greek words are followed by an enclitic, they may gain an extra written accent.

Base form:

• η συνάδελφος = the colleague

With μου:

• η συνάδελφός μου = my colleague

So the extra accent does not mean the word is a different case or a different noun. It is mainly an accentuation rule triggered by the following unstressed word μου.

You see the same pattern in other examples:

• ο δάσκαλός μου = my teacher
• ο άνθρωπός μου = my person / my dear one

Yes. συνάδελφος can be used for both genders. The article tells you whether the person is male or female:

• ο συνάδελφος = the male colleague
• η συνάδελφος = the female colleague

In your sentence, η συνάδελφός μου clearly means my female colleague.

So this is a good example of how Greek articles carry important grammatical information.

Yes.

• το φρούτο = the fruit / one fruit
• τα φρούτα = the fruits / the fruit

Greek often uses the plural φρούτα when talking about multiple pieces or types of fruit, in a way that sounds very natural in English too.

So έβαλε τα φρούτα means she put out the fruit, probably meaning several pieces of fruit for people to share.

σε is a very flexible preposition. Depending on context, it can mean in, into, on, at, or to.

Here:

• σε μια πιατέλα = onto / in a platter, more naturally on a platter

Greek often uses σε where English might choose a more specific preposition like on.

Also:

• πιατέλα means platter or serving plate
• μια is the feminine form of a / one

So the phrase simply means that the fruit was placed on a serving platter.

Both spellings exist.

• μια is the very common unstressed spelling in everyday writing
• μία can be used when you want to emphasize one, or in more careful/formal writing

So in a normal sentence like this, μια πιατέλα is completely natural.

You can think of it as:

• μια πιατέλα = a platter
• μία πιατέλα = one platter, if you want to stress the number

Because όλους refers to people, not things.

• για όλους = for everyone / for all of them
• για όλα = for everything / for all things

Also, για takes the accusative case, which is why the form is όλους.

This masculine plural form is also the normal generic form when the group is mixed or unspecified. If the speaker meant only women, they could say:

• για όλες

So για όλους here means for everybody.