Το πρωί έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι, άνοιξα το τάπερ και γέμισα την κούπα μου με τσάι.

Yes, literally το πρωί means the morning, but very often in Greek it functions like an adverbial time expression meaning in the morning or this morning, depending on context.

So in this sentence, Το πρωί means something like:

• In the morning
• This morning

Greek often uses the definite article in time expressions where English would not.

Examples:

• Το πρωί πίνω καφέ. = I drink coffee in the morning.
• Το βράδυ διαβάζω. = I study in the evening.

They are all in the aorist past, first person singular, meaning I did each action as a completed event.

• έβαλα = I put
• άνοιξα = I opened
• γέμισα = I filled

The aorist is commonly used for a sequence of completed actions in the past, which is exactly what this sentence describes:

1. I put the platter on the table,
2. I opened the container,
3. I filled my cup with tea.

A native English speaker might wonder why Greek does not use a form equivalent to I was putting / I was opening. That would be a different aspect, usually the imperfect, and it would suggest ongoing or repeated action rather than a simple completed sequence.

Because the sentence is talking about one completed action in the past.

• βάζω = I put / I am putting (present)
• έβαζα = I was putting / I used to put (imperfect)
• έβαλα = I put (aorist, completed past action)

So:

• Έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι. = I put the platter on the table.
  One finished action.

But:

• Έβαζα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι όταν χτύπησε το τηλέφωνο. = I was putting the platter on the table when the phone rang.
  Ongoing action in the past.

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

For example:

• έβαλα clearly means I put
• άνοιξα clearly means I opened
• γέμισα clearly means I filled

So εγώ is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Εγώ άνοιξα το τάπερ, όχι ο Γιάννης. = I opened the container, not Yannis.

This is very common in Greek and can feel different to English speakers, since English usually requires the subject pronoun.

Because Greek nouns have gender and the article must agree with the noun.

In this sentence:

• η πιατέλα = the platter / serving dish → feminine
  Accusative singular: την πιατέλα
• το τάπερ = the container / tupperware → neuter
  Accusative singular: το τάπερ
• η κούπα = the mug / cup → feminine
  Accusative singular: την κούπα

These nouns are in the accusative because they are the direct objects of the verbs:

• I put the platter
• I opened the container
• I filled my cup

Πιατέλα usually means a large plate, serving platter, or dish used for serving food.

It is not the ordinary everyday word for a plate you eat from. That would usually be πιάτο.

So:

• πιάτο = plate
• πιατέλα = platter / serving dish

That distinction may matter depending on the context.

Τάπερ is a very common modern Greek word for a plastic food container, especially the kind used to store leftovers or take food with you.

It comes from Tupperware, but in everyday Greek it is used more generally, not only for that brand.

A learner should know two useful things about it:

1. It is extremely common in spoken Greek.
2. It is usually treated as neuter: το τάπερ

So:

• Άνοιξα το τάπερ. = I opened the container.

Because στο is the normal contraction of:

• σε + το = στο

So:

• στο τραπέζι = on the table / to the table, depending on context

Greek commonly contracts σε with the definite article:

• σε + τον = στον
• σε + τη(ν) = στη(ν)
• σε + το = στο
• σε + τους = στους
• σε + τις = στις
• σε + τα = στα

In this sentence:

• έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι = I put the platter on the table

Σε is very flexible in Greek. Depending on context, it can mean:

• in
• on
• at
• to

So στο τραπέζι can mean on the table here because the verb έβαλα and the situation make that meaning clear.

Greek does not always separate in and on as strictly as English does in these kinds of phrases.

Examples:

• Το βιβλίο είναι στο τραπέζι. = The book is on the table.
• Πήγα στο σχολείο. = I went to school.
• Είναι στο σπίτι. = He/She is at home.

Because in Greek, possessive words like μου often come after the noun:

• η κούπα μου = my cup
• το σπίτι μου = my house
• η φίλη μου = my friend

So:

• γέμισα την κούπα μου = I filled my cup

Putting μου after the noun is the normal pattern.

A native English speaker may expect a separate word like my before the noun, but Greek usually uses these short clitic forms after it.

Functionally, yes, it means my, but grammatically Greek often describes it as a weak genitive pronoun or clitic pronoun.

The important practical point for learners is:

• μου can mean my after a noun
• it can also mean to me / for me, depending on context

Examples:

• η κούπα μου = my cup
• μου έδωσε ένα βιβλίο = he/she gave me a book

So the same little word has more than one function.

Because here τσάι is being used as a material/content noun in a general sense: with tea.

So:

• γέμισα την κούπα μου με τσάι = I filled my cup with tea

If you said με το τσάι, that would usually mean with the tea — a specific tea already known from the context.

Compare:

• Γέμισα την κούπα μου με τσάι. = I filled my cup with tea.
  Any tea / tea as a substance.

• Γέμισα την κούπα μου με το τσάι που έφτιαξες. = I filled my cup with the tea you made.
  Specific tea.

Because Greek often omits the article when talking about a substance or an indefinite amount of something.

Here τσάι means tea as a drink/substance, not the tea as a specific identified item.

That is very similar to English:

• with tea not
• with the tea unless you mean a particular tea

Also, τσάι is a neuter noun:

• το τσάι = the tea

But in this sentence the article is not needed.

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English, although some orders sound more neutral than others.

The sentence uses a very natural order:

• verb + object + place

So:

• έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι

But Greek could also say:

• Έβαλα στο τραπέζι την πιατέλα.

That might shift the emphasis slightly, but it is still grammatical.

In general, Greek word order can change for emphasis, focus, style, or rhythm.

Because the sentence lists a sequence of actions done by the same person:

• έβαλα...
• άνοιξα...
• και γέμισα...

This is similar to English when you say:

• I put the platter on the table, opened the container, and filled my cup with tea.

Greek often strings actions together this way, especially in narration.

Yes, it could, but the style would be slightly different.

Current version:

• Το πρωί έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι, άνοιξα το τάπερ και γέμισα την κούπα μου με τσάι.

This is natural and fluent: a list of actions with και before the last one.

You could also say:

• Το πρωί έβαλα την πιατέλα στο τραπέζι και άνοιξα το τάπερ και γέμισα την κούπα μου με τσάι.

That is grammatically possible, but it may sound a bit heavier or more repetitive.

Γέμισα is fairly regular from γεμίζω:

• γεμίζω = I fill
• γέμισα = I filled

Άνοιξα from ανοίγω is a very common aorist form, but the verb itself is less transparent to learners because the present and aorist stems do not match in the simplest possible way:

• ανοίγω = I open
• άνοιξα = I opened

So even if a learner has not fully studied Greek verb classes yet, the main thing to remember is that these are the normal past forms used in everyday language.

It is in the accusative.

Even though English speakers may expect a special case after a preposition, in Modern Greek σε normally takes the accusative.

So:

• στο τραπέζι = σε το τραπέζι
• τραπέζι here is accusative singular

This is a useful rule:

• σε + accusative

Examples:

• στο σπίτι
• στην πόλη
• στον δρόμο

Often yes, or at least that the speaker filled it up with tea. But in everyday use it may simply mean that the person poured tea into the cup in a natural way.

Greek γεμίζω often corresponds to English fill, but like English, it can be used somewhat loosely in normal speech.

So depending on context, it can mean:

• literally filled it
• poured tea into it until it was full or suitably full

It is mostly neutral everyday Greek.

A few notes:

• τάπερ is slightly colloquial because it is a common everyday word from a brand name.
• The rest of the sentence is completely standard and natural.

So overall it sounds like normal spoken or written modern Greek, especially in everyday narration.