Όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά, θέλω μόνο να γυρίσω σπίτι, να μπω στο κρεβάτι και να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου.

Because Greek usually uses the perfective non-past after όταν when talking about a future event.

So:

• Όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά = When the work is finished / when the work ends

The form τελειώσει looks like a subjunctive form, but after όταν it often appears without να.

Important contrasts:

• όταν τελειώνει η δουλειά = when work is ending / when work ends in a more general, habitual, or present-type sense
• όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά = when the work has finished / once the work is done in the future
• όταν θα τελειώσει is generally not the normal choice here in standard Greek

So in this sentence, τελειώσει is used because the speaker means a single future completion.

No. Even though it may look unfamiliar, τελειώσει here is not past.

It is the form Greek uses for a completed future action after words like όταν, μόλις, αν, etc.

Compare:

• τέλειωσε = it finished / it ended → past
• να τελειώσει = to finish / for it to finish
• όταν τελειώσει = when it finishes / when it is finished

So τελειώσει here refers to something that has not happened yet.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

Both of these are possible:

• Όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά
• Όταν η δουλειά τελειώσει

The version in your sentence sounds very natural and common. Greek often places the verb before the subject, especially in clauses like this.

So η δουλειά is still the subject, even though it comes after τελειώσει.

Η δουλειά can mean:

• the work
• the job
• work in general, depending on context

In this sentence, it most naturally means:

• when work is finished
• or when the job/task is done

It does not necessarily mean someone’s profession here. It more likely refers to the work the speaker is currently doing.

After θέλω, Greek normally uses να + verb.

So:

• θέλω να γυρίσω = I want to go back
• θέλω να μπω = I want to get in
• θέλω να βάλω = I want to put

In English, we use to:

• I want to go
• I want to get in
• I want to put

In Greek, the usual equivalent is να + verb.

Since the speaker wants to do three actions, each verb can be introduced by να:

• να γυρίσω σπίτι
• να μπω στο κρεβάτι
• και να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου

That repetition is very normal.

Sometimes Greek can avoid repetition in certain structures, but in this sentence the repeated να sounds natural and clear.

So this is the standard, smooth version:

• θέλω μόνο να γυρίσω σπίτι, να μπω στο κρεβάτι και να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου

Repeating να helps mark each action clearly. For learners, it is best to think of this as the normal pattern after θέλω when listing actions.

Because in Greek, σπίτι often works like home in English.

Compare English:

• I’m going home → no to
• not usually I’m going to home

Greek works similarly:

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

So σπίτι here behaves like a destination word that does not need a preposition.

Yes, γυρίζω can mean turn, but it also very commonly means:

• go back
• return
• come back

So:

• να γυρίσω σπίτι = to go back home / to return home

This is a very natural everyday verb in Greek. Another possible verb would be επιστρέψω, but that sounds more formal:

• να επιστρέψω σπίτι = to return home

In ordinary speech, γυρίσω σπίτι is extremely common.

Because μπω is the form used here from the verb μπαίνω (to enter / to go in).

This is an irregular verb pattern:

• μπαίνω = I enter / I go in
• να μπω = to enter / to get in

So:

• να μπω στο κρεβάτι = to get into bed

You cannot predict this form just by changing the ending of μπαίνω, so it is one of those forms that learners usually just memorize.

Στο is a contraction of:

• σε
  • το = στο

So:

• στο κρεβάτι literally = in/into the bed
• naturally in English here = into bed

Greek very often combines σε + article:

• σε + το → στο
• σε + τη(ν) → στη(ν)
• σε + τα → στα

So να μπω στο κρεβάτι literally means to get into the bed, but in natural English we usually say to get into bed.

Yes. Βάλω is from βάζω (to put), and this is another very common irregular-looking form.

Compare:

• βάζω = I put / I am putting
• να βάλω = to put

So:

• να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου = to put the duvet over myself / over me

Like μπαίνω → μπω, this is a form learners usually need to get used to through exposure and memorization.

Το πάπλωμα means:

• the duvet
• the quilt
• sometimes the comforter, depending on the variety of English

In this sentence it is the blanket/cover the speaker wants to pull over themselves in bed.

So:

• να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου = to pull the duvet over me

That would be a very natural English translation, even if the Greek is literally put the duvet on top of me.

Because πάνω means on / on top / over, and μου means me / my depending on context.

Here:

• πάνω μου = on me / over me

So:

• να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου literally means to put the duvet on top of me

In natural English, we would usually say:

• to pull the duvet over me
• to put the duvet over myself

Greek often uses πάνω in places where English prefers over.

Because μου is the normal weak pronoun used after prepositions and in many everyday expressions.

So:

• πάνω μου = on me / over me

You could use πάνω σε μένα in some contexts, but it is heavier and less natural here.

Greek often prefers these short weak forms in common expressions:

• μαζί μου = with me
• πάνω μου = on me
• δίπλα μου = next to me

So πάνω μου is exactly what you would expect in a natural sentence like this.

Here μόνο means only / just, and it modifies the whole idea of what the speaker wants.

So:

• θέλω μόνο να γυρίσω σπίτι, να μπω στο κρεβάτι και να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου

means something like:

• I only want to go home, get into bed, and pull the duvet over me
• All I want is to go home, get into bed, and pull the duvet over me

It gives the sense that the speaker wants nothing else after work.

Because Όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά is an introductory time clause:

• When work is finished, ...

Greek, like English, often separates this kind of opening subordinate clause with a comma.

So the comma marks the pause between:

1. the time clause
2. the main clause

It helps readability and sounds natural in writing.

It sounds very natural and idiomatic.

A Greek speaker would easily say something like this to express tiredness:

• Όταν τελειώσει η δουλειά, θέλω μόνο να γυρίσω σπίτι, να μπω στο κρεβάτι και να βάλω το πάπλωμα πάνω μου.

It has a very everyday rhythm:

• first the time clause
• then θέλω μόνο
• then a list of simple actions the speaker wants to do after work

So this is a good sentence to learn from because it contains very common Greek structures:

• όταν + perfective non-past
• θέλω να + verb
• common motion verbs like γυρίζω and μπαίνω
• everyday expressions like σπίτι, στο κρεβάτι, πάνω μου