Αν είχαμε φύγει νωρίτερα, θα είχαμε φάει πιο ήρεμα, θα είχαμε πετάξει τον χαρταετό πριν πέσει ο ήλιος και θα είχαμε γυρίσει σπίτι χωρίς να μας ενοχλούν τόσο τα κουνούπια.

It is a past unreal conditional: it talks about something that did not happen, and imagines what the result would have been.

Structure here:

• Αν είχαμε φύγει νωρίτερα = If we had left earlier
• θα είχαμε φάει / πετάξει / γυρίσει... = we would have eaten / flown / returned...

So Greek is matching the English pattern very closely:

• if + past perfect
• would have + past participle

In Greek, that becomes:

• αν + είχαμε + verb form
• θα + είχαμε + verb form

Because είχαμε is the auxiliary verb we had, from έχω.

It is used to build these compound forms:

• είχαμε φύγει = we had left
• θα είχαμε φάει = we would have eaten
• θα είχαμε πετάξει = we would have flown
• θα είχαμε γυρίσει = we would have returned

So είχαμε tells you:

• the subject is we
• the time reference is past
• and with θα, it becomes the conditional result: would have...

Because φύγαμε means we left, a simple completed past action.

But είχαμε φύγει means we had left, which places that action before another past situation.

Compare:

• Φύγαμε νωρίτερα. = We left earlier.
• Αν είχαμε φύγει νωρίτερα... = If we had left earlier...

In this sentence, Greek needs the past perfect/pluperfect idea, not the simple past.

These are the verb forms used in compound constructions like:

• έχω φύγει
• έχω φάει
• έχω πετάξει
• έχω γυρίσει

For a learner, the most useful thing to know is this:

• after έχω or είχα
• and often after words like να, αν, πριν
• Greek uses this invariable verb form

It does not change for person or number:

• έχω φύγει
• έχεις φύγει
• είχαμε φύγει

The changing part is the auxiliary (έχω / είχα / θα είχα), not φύγει.

Because νωρίτερα is the comparative adverb: earlier.

• νωρίς = early
• νωρίτερα = earlier

So:

• φύγαμε νωρίς = we left early
• φύγαμε νωρίτερα = we left earlier

Greek often uses these comparative adverbs very naturally, even where English might or might not stress the comparison.

Πιο ήρεμα means more calmly, more peacefully, or in a more relaxed way.

Here:

• πιο = more
• ήρεμα = calmly / quietly / in a relaxed way

So θα είχαμε φάει πιο ήρεμα means something like:

• we would have eaten more calmly
• we would have eaten in a more relaxed way

It sounds natural in Greek even if English might choose slightly different wording depending on context.

Because it is functioning as an adverb, describing how they would have eaten.

• ήρεμος / ήρεμη / ήρεμο = calm as an adjective
• ήρεμα = calmly as an adverb

So:

• ήρεμο γεύμα = a calm meal
• φάγαμε ήρεμα = we ate calmly

In the sentence, it modifies the verb φάει.

Yes, in this context it means fly the kite.

Πετάω / πετώ can mean things like:

• throw
• make something fly
• fly in the sense of being airborne

With χαρταετός (kite), the expression πετάω χαρταετό means to fly a kite.

So:

• πετάξει τον χαρταετό = have flown the kite

The context makes the meaning clear.

Greek uses the definite article more often than English.

So τον χαρταετό may be understood as:

• the kite
• or simply the expected/specific kite in the situation

In many cases where English might say fly a kite, Greek still naturally says πετάω τον χαρταετό if a specific or contextually known kite is meant.

Also, in Greek, articles with common nouns are generally much more frequent than in English.

It means before the sun sets or literally before the sun falls.

Breakdown:

• πριν = before
• πέσει = verb form from πέφτω (fall)
• ο ήλιος = the sun

So the whole phrase is an idiomatic way to say:

• before sunset
• before the sun went down

This is a very normal Greek expression.

Because after πριν, Greek can use the verb either:

• with να
• or without να

So both are possible:

• πριν πέσει ο ήλιος
• πριν να πέσει ο ήλιος

The version without να is very common and natural. In this sentence, πριν πέσει ο ήλιος sounds perfectly standard.

Χωρίς να... means without ...ing or without ... happening.

So:

• χωρίς να μας ενοχλούν τα κουνούπια = without the mosquitoes bothering us

Breakdown:

• χωρίς = without
• να ενοχλούν = to be bothering / bother
• μας = us
• τα κουνούπια = the mosquitoes

Greek often uses χωρίς να + verb where English uses without + -ing.

Because ενοχλούν here gives the idea of ongoing or repeated bothering.

Mosquitoes do not usually bother you in one single moment; they bother you continuously or again and again. So the imperfective form is very natural.

Compare the nuance:

• να μας ενοχλούν = to be bothering us / to keep bothering us
• να μας ενοχλήσουν = to bother us as a more single, bounded action

In this sentence, the ongoing nuisance is the important idea, so ενοχλούν fits well.

Μας means us.

It is the direct object of ενοχλούν:

• τα κουνούπια = the subject: the mosquitoes
• μας = the object: us

So literally:

• the mosquitoes bother us

In the full sentence:

• χωρίς να μας ενοχλούν τόσο τα κουνούπια
• without the mosquitoes bothering us so much

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

English strongly prefers:

• without the mosquitoes bothering us so much

Greek can naturally say:

• χωρίς να μας ενοχλούν τόσο τα κουνούπια

Putting τα κουνούπια later is not strange. It lets the sentence flow from:

1. the result they wanted
2. to the action
3. to the source of the annoyance

So the ending feels very natural in Greek.

Τόσο means so much or that much.

So:

• να μας ενοχλούν τόσο τα κουνούπια = the mosquitoes bothering us so much

It emphasizes the degree of annoyance. In this kind of sentence, τόσο works very well because the speaker is comparing reality with a better imagined situation.

Because σπίτι without an article is often used like home in English.

So:

• γυρίζω σπίτι = I go/return home
• πάω σπίτι = I go home

This is very idiomatic.

If you say στο σπίτι, that is also possible, but it sounds more like:

• to the house
• to the home

In many everyday contexts, bare σπίτι is the most natural choice, just like English home.

Yes, Greek could say it only once.

For example, you could compress it to something like:

• θα είχαμε φάει πιο ήρεμα, πετάξει τον χαρταετό πριν πέσει ο ήλιος και γυρίσει σπίτι...

That is possible because the same auxiliary applies to all three verbs.

But repeating θα είχαμε:

• makes the structure very clear
• gives rhythm
• can add a slight sense of emphasis

So both styles are possible; the repeated version is completely natural.

Again, Greek uses articles more broadly than English.

• ο ήλιος = the sun
• τα κουνούπια = the mosquitoes

With things like the sun, Greek normally uses the article. With τα κουνούπια, the article can refer to:

• the mosquitoes in that situation
• or mosquitoes as the familiar nuisance present there

A native English speaker often wants to drop the article, but in Greek it is usually needed.