Στέγνωσα τα μαλλιά μου με το πιστολάκι, φόρεσα το μπουρνούζι και πήρα τη βούρτσα από το ντουλαπάκι.

They are all in the aorist, which is the most common way to express a completed action in the past in Greek.

So here the sentence presents a sequence of finished actions:

• στέγνωσα = I dried
• φόρεσα = I put on / wore
• πήρα = I took

In a sentence like this, the aorist works a lot like the English simple past.

Because Greek verbs do not all form the aorist in the same way.

• στεγνώνω → στέγνωσα
• φοράω / φορώ → φόρεσα

These follow a very common aorist pattern with -σα.

But:

• παίρνω → πήρα

This is an irregular aorist form, so it does not use -σα.

This is very normal in Greek: some verbs have predictable aorists, while others must simply be learned as separate past stems.

Because Greek usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

For example:

• στέγνωσα already means I dried
• φόρεσα already means I put on
• πήρα already means I took

So adding εγώ would usually only be done for emphasis or contrast, not as the default.

In Greek, μαλλιά is normally used in the plural when talking about the hair on someone’s head.

So:

• τα μαλλιά μου = my hair

Even though English uses the singular word hair, Greek usually uses the plural noun μαλλιά in this meaning.

This is one of those places where Greek and English organize the idea differently.

Because Greek possessive weak pronouns like μου often come after the noun.

So:

• τα μαλλιά μου = my hair
• το βιβλίο μου = my book
• η τσάντα μου = my bag

This is the normal Greek pattern. English puts the possessive before the noun (my hair), but Greek usually places μου, σου, του, etc. after it.

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

It is very natural in Greek to say:

• τα μαλλιά μου = my hair
• το μπουρνούζι = the bathrobe / my bathrobe, depending on context
• τη βούρτσα = the brush

In context, το μπουρνούζι may clearly mean my bathrobe, even without saying μου, because the situation already makes that obvious.

So learners should not expect article usage to match English exactly.

Because με means with, and it is followed by the accusative case.

So:

• με το πιστολάκι = with the hairdryer

You can think of this as a very common Greek pattern:

• με + accusative

Examples:

• με το αυτοκίνητο = by car / with the car
• με ένα φίλο = with a friend
• με το χέρι = by hand / with the hand

Πιστολάκι means hairdryer.

It comes from πιστόλι meaning pistol, and πιστολάκι is a diminutive form, literally something like little pistol. The name comes from the shape.

In modern Greek, πιστολάκι is the normal everyday word for a hairdryer.

Also note that it is neuter, which is why you get:

• το πιστολάκι

Because Greek often leaves possession understood from context.

If someone has just dried their hair and then put on a bathrobe, it is obvious that they probably mean their own bathrobe, so μου does not have to be stated.

Both are possible:

• φόρεσα το μπουρνούζι = I put on the bathrobe / my bathrobe
• φόρεσα το μπουρνούζι μου = I put on my bathrobe

Adding μου makes the possession more explicit, but it is not always necessary.

Because in modern Greek the final -ν of την is often dropped before certain consonants.

So both of these can exist in writing, depending on style and pronunciation:

• τη βούρτσα
• την βούρτσα

Before a word like βούρτσα, dropping the -ν is very common.

This is why learners often see:

• τη γυναίκα
• τη μέρα
• τη βούρτσα

But before vowels and some consonants, the -ν is more often kept.

It is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of the verb πήρα.

• πήρα τη βούρτσα = I took the brush

In Greek, direct objects take the accusative. That is why the article is τη(ν) rather than the nominative η.

Compare:

• η βούρτσα = the brush, as subject
• τη βούρτσα = the brush, as object

Ντουλαπάκι means a small cupboard, little cabinet, or sometimes a small storage compartment, depending on context.

It is a diminutive form of ντουλάπι.

So:

• ντουλάπι = cupboard / cabinet
• ντουλαπάκι = small cupboard / little cabinet / compartment

In this sentence, it suggests a smaller bathroom storage place, which fits the context very well.

Because από means from, and it is followed here by the accusative:

• από το ντουλαπάκι = from the little cupboard / cabinet

So this is another common preposition pattern:

• από + accusative

Examples:

• από το σπίτι = from the house
• από το τραπέζι = from the table
• από την τσάντα = from the bag

The word order can change more freely in Greek than in English, although the version here is very natural and straightforward.

This sentence is arranged as a simple sequence of actions:

1. dried hair
2. put on bathrobe
3. took brush

That order sounds neutral and clear.

Greek can move words around for emphasis, focus, or style, but learners should treat the original order as a very good default pattern.

Yes. The sentence lists a series of completed actions.

• Στέγνωσα...
• φόρεσα...
• και πήρα...

The comma separates the first action from the next, and και links the last action in the sequence, much like English:

• I dried..., put on..., and took...

This is a very common way to narrate actions in Greek.

Here are the main dictionary forms:

• στεγνώνω → στέγνωσα
• φοράω / φορώ → φόρεσα
• παίρνω → πήρα
• τα μαλλιά = hair
• το πιστολάκι = hairdryer
• το μπουρνούζι = bathrobe
• η βούρτσα = brush
• το ντουλαπάκι = little cupboard / cabinet / compartment

It is very useful to learn Greek verbs with both the present and the aorist together, because the past form is not always fully predictable.