Η φίλη μου άκουσε την ιστορία του με συμπόνια, ενώ εγώ ένιωσα και λίγη ενοχή.

Yes. Η φίλη μου means my friend.

• η φίλη = the friend (feminine)
• μου = my

In Greek, possessive words like μου, σου, του, της usually come after the noun:

• η φίλη μου = my friend
• το σπίτι της = her house

Also, φίλη is specifically a female friend. A male friend would be ο φίλος μου.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English.

So η φίλη μου is the normal way to say my friend.
Without the article, φίλη μου, it can still exist in some contexts, but it often sounds more literary, vocative, or stylistically marked.

In ordinary neutral Greek:

• η φίλη μου = my friend
• ο αδερφός μου = my brother
• το βιβλίο μου = my book

Άκουσε is the aorist form of ακούω (to hear / to listen). Here it means something like:

• heard
• listened to

So Η φίλη μου άκουσε την ιστορία του means My friend listened to / heard his story.

The aorist presents the action as a completed whole. It does not focus on duration.

Compare:

• άκουσε = she listened / she heard as a complete event
• άκουγε = she was listening / she used to listen

Because ιστορία is the direct object of άκουσε.

• η ιστορία = nominative, used for the subject
• την ιστορία = accusative, used for the direct object

Here, the friend is the subject, and the story is what she heard/listened to, so Greek uses the accusative:

• Η φίλη μου άκουσε την ιστορία.

This is very common in Greek: the article changes with the case.

Here του means his.

So:

• την ιστορία του = his story

Grammatically, του is the genitive form used for possession. Greek often expresses his / her / its this way:

• το βιβλίο του = his book
• η ιδέα της = her idea
• το τέλος του = its end / his end, depending on context

So literally, the story of him, but in natural English: his story.

Yes, του can have more than one function in Greek, which is something learners often notice.

It can mean:

• his / of him
• to him

You tell from the structure.

Here, του comes after the noun ιστορία, so it shows possession:

• την ιστορία του = his story

If it were an indirect object, the sentence structure would be different, for example:

• Του μίλησα. = I spoke to him.

So in this sentence, του is possessive, not indirect object.

Με συμπόνια means with compassion.

• με = with
• συμπόνια = compassion

This is a prepositional phrase describing the manner in which she listened.

So:

• άκουσε την ιστορία του με συμπόνια = she listened to his story with compassion

Greek often uses με + noun to express manner:

• με χαρά = with joy
• με προσοχή = carefully / with attention
• με δυσκολία = with difficulty

Here ενώ means while or whereas.

It connects two parts of the sentence and creates a contrast:

• Η φίλη μου άκουσε την ιστορία του με συμπόνια, ενώ εγώ ένιωσα και λίγη ενοχή.

That is roughly:

• My friend listened to his story with compassion, while/whereas I felt a little guilt too.

In many contexts, ενώ can mean:

1. while in a time sense
2. whereas / while in a contrastive sense

Here the contrastive sense is strong: my friend reacted one way, but I reacted differently.

Yes, the verb already shows the subject.

• ένιωσα already means I felt

So Greek does not need εγώ for basic grammar. It is included for emphasis or contrast.

Here that makes perfect sense because the sentence contrasts two people:

• Η φίλη μου ...
• ενώ εγώ ...

So εγώ means something like:

• whereas I
• but I
• I, on the other hand

This is very common in Greek. Subject pronouns are often used when the speaker wants emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Ένιωσα means I felt.

It is the aorist form of νιώθω or αισθάνομαι-type meaning, though νιώθω is the direct everyday verb connected to this form.

So:

• νιώθω = I feel
• ένιωσα = I felt

Again, this is aorist, so it presents the feeling as a complete event or reaction.

Compare:

• ένιωσα ενοχή = I felt guilt
• ένιωθα ενοχή = I was feeling guilt / I used to feel guilt

This και is a nice little nuance word. Here it means something like:

• also
• too
• sometimes even even

So ένιωσα και λίγη ενοχή means:

• I also felt a little guilt
• I even felt a little guilt

It suggests that guilt was an additional feeling, not the only one.

Depending on context, και can sound very natural and subtle in Greek, even where English might not always translate it directly.

Because ενοχή is a feminine singular noun, and λίγη must agree with it.

• λίγος = masculine
• λίγη = feminine
• λίγο = neuter

So:

• λίγη ενοχή = a little guilt
• λίγη χαρά = a little joy
• λίγη υπομονή = a little patience

Agreement is very important in Greek: adjectives and words like λίγος change form to match the noun’s gender, number, and case.

Yes, ενοχή means guilt.

It usually refers to the emotional sense of feeling guilty, and sometimes also the abstract idea of guilt more generally.

In this sentence, it clearly means the feeling:

• ένιωσα λίγη ενοχή = I felt a little guilt / I felt a bit guilty

English often prefers I felt a bit guilty, but Greek naturally uses the noun ενοχή here.

Not completely. Greek word order is more flexible than English because case endings help show grammatical roles.

The sentence as given is very natural:

• Η φίλη μου άκουσε την ιστορία του με συμπόνια, ενώ εγώ ένιωσα και λίγη ενοχή.

But some parts could move for emphasis. For example:

• Με συμπόνια άκουσε η φίλη μου την ιστορία του...
• Εγώ ένιωσα και λίγη ενοχή...

However, not every rearrangement sounds equally natural in every context. The original word order is smooth and neutral, with emphasis on the contrast introduced by ενώ εγώ.

It is understandable, but not natural English.

A more natural English translation would be:

• I also felt a little guilt
• I felt a little guilty too
• I even felt a little guilt

Greek and English place words like also/too/even differently, so a literal word-for-word translation can sound awkward.

That is very common when learning Greek: the Greek structure is correct and natural, but the best English translation may shift the word order.