Πήρα το φυτό από το φυτώριο.

Πήρα is the past simple / aorist form of παίρνω, which means to take, to get, and sometimes to buy, depending on context.

So Πήρα το φυτό από το φυτώριο can mean:

• I took the plant from the nursery
• I got the plant from the nursery
• in some contexts, even I bought the plant from the nursery

Grammatically, πήρα means I took / I got.

Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

In πήρα, the ending -α shows that the subject is I.

So:

• Πήρα = I took / I got
• Εγώ πήρα = I took / I got, but with extra emphasis on I

That is why εγώ is not necessary here.

Because both nouns in the sentence are neuter singular and each one has its own definite article.

• το φυτό = the plant
• το φυτώριο = the nursery

So the sentence literally breaks down as:

• Πήρα = I got / took
• το φυτό = the plant
• από το φυτώριο = from the nursery

Greek uses the article much like English does here.

φυτό is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of πήρα.

The thing that was taken/got is the plant, so it appears in the accusative:

• το φυτό

A useful point: for many neuter singular nouns in Greek, the nominative and accusative look exactly the same. So even though φυτό is accusative here, its form does not change.

After από meaning from, Greek uses the accusative.

So:

• από το φυτώριο = from the nursery

Again, because φυτώριο is a neuter singular noun, its accusative form looks the same as its nominative form.

Φυτώριο means a plant nursery, and often by extension a garden center or place where plants are grown and sold.

It does not mean a nursery for babies in this sentence.

It comes from the word φυτό, meaning plant.

Yes. They are related in meaning.

• φυτό = plant
• φυτώριο = nursery for plants, a place where plants are raised or sold

So this is a helpful vocabulary family to remember.

A rough pronunciation is:

PEE-ra to fee-TO a-PO to fee-TO-rio

Stress:

• Πήρα → stress on Πή-
• φυτό → stress on -τό
• από → stress on -πό
• φυτώριο → stress on -τώ-

A slightly more natural transliteration would be:

PÍra to fitÓ apÓ to fitÓrio

Yes. Greek word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Πήρα το φυτό από το φυτώριο.

But you might also hear:

• Από το φυτώριο πήρα το φυτό.
• Το φυτό το πήρα από το φυτώριο.

These variations can change the focus or emphasis, but the basic meaning stays the same.

Πήρα is the aorist, which presents the action as a completed whole:

• I got/took the plant

Έπαιρνα is the imperfect, which usually suggests an ongoing, repeated, or background action:

• I was taking
• I used to take

In this sentence, the speaker means one completed action, so πήρα is the natural choice.

Yes, it can, depending on context.

Greek παίρνω / πήρα is broader than English take. In everyday speech it can mean:

• take
• get
• pick up
• sometimes buy

So if someone says Πήρα το φυτό από το φυτώριο, the listener may understand:

• I got the plant from the nursery and in the right context possibly:
• I bought the plant from the nursery

If you want to say bought more explicitly, Greek often uses αγόρασα.

Yes. In everyday speech, από το is often contracted to απ’ το.

So you may hear:

• Πήρα το φυτό απ’ το φυτώριο.

This is very common in spoken Greek. The full form από το is still completely correct and is often clearer for learners.