من تقریبا همیشه قبل از خواب به موسیقی گوش میدهم.

Not necessarily. Persian often drops subject pronouns when the verb already shows who the subject is.

• می‌دهم ends in -م, which tells you the subject is I
• So تقریباً همیشه قبل از خواب به موسیقی گوش می‌دهم is completely natural too

Including من adds a little emphasis or clarity, especially for learners or in contrastive situations.

It means almost always.

A useful breakdown is:

• تقریباً = almost, approximately, nearly
• همیشه = always

Together, تقریباً همیشه is a very common combination meaning almost always.

Even though تقریباً can also mean approximately in other contexts, here it clearly means almost because it modifies always.

Because Persian often places frequency adverbs before the main action.

So the structure is roughly:

• من = I
• تقریباً همیشه = almost always
• قبل از خواب = before sleep / before bed
• به موسیقی = to music
• گوش می‌دهم = listen

This order is very natural in Persian.
Also, تقریباً directly modifies همیشه, so keeping them together makes sense: almost always.

Literally, قبل از خواب means before sleep.

Breakdown:

• قبل = before
• از = of / from, but here it is part of the fixed expression قبل از
• خواب = sleep

So Persian says before sleep, where English often says before bed or before going to sleep.

It is a very natural Persian expression.

A longer, more explicit version could be something like قبل از اینکه بخوابم = before I sleep / before I go to sleep, but قبل از خواب is shorter and very common.

Because the Persian verb for listen is commonly expressed as گوش دادن به something.

So:

• به موسیقی گوش می‌دهم = I listen to music
• literally, something like I give ear to music

The preposition به is required by this expression in standard Persian.

So you should learn گوش دادن together with به:

• به پادکست گوش می‌دهم = I listen to podcasts
• به رادیو گوش می‌دهیم = we listen to the radio

Yes, literally it comes from:

• گوش = ear
• دادن = to give

So گوش دادن literally looks like to give ear, but in real usage it simply means to listen.

This is a very common kind of Persian construction: a noun plus a light verb.

In this sentence:

• می‌دهم is the present form of دادن
• the prefix میـ marks an ongoing or habitual present meaning
• -م shows I

So گوش می‌دهم here means I listen or I am listening, depending on context. In this sentence, because of always, it means I listen habitually.

Because Persian uses the simple present for habitual actions, just like English often does.

So گوش می‌دهم can mean:

• I listen
• I do listen
• I am listening in some contexts

But with تقریباً همیشه, the habitual meaning is clear:

• I almost always listen to music before sleep

So this is normal present tense used for a repeated habit.

Because موسیقی is not acting as a direct object here. It is inside a prepositional phrase:

• به موسیقی

The marker را is used for direct objects, especially definite ones. But after a preposition such as به, you do not use را.

So:

• کتاب را می‌خوانم = I read the book
• but به موسیقی گوش می‌دهم = I listen to music

No را is needed after موسیقی.

Persian word order is flexible, but some orders sound more natural than others.

The given sentence is very natural:

• من تقریباً همیشه قبل از خواب به موسیقی گوش می‌دهم

You could also say:

• من قبل از خواب تقریباً همیشه به موسیقی گوش می‌دهم

That still works, but the emphasis changes slightly.

A good general rule is:

• the verb usually comes at the end
• adverbs and time expressions usually come before the verb
• the most tightly connected elements often stay together, like تقریباً همیشه

So yes, you can move things around, but the original sentence is a very normal and safe pattern.

In standard writing, می‌دهم is preferred.

The little separator is called a half-space or zero-width non-joiner. It is commonly used after prefixes like می.

So the standard spelling is:

• می‌دهم

But in casual typing, many people write:

• میدهم

You will see both, but if you want to write carefully and correctly, use می‌دهم.

Similarly, many careful writers also prefer:

• تقریباً rather than تقریبا

Both are understood, but the first is more standard.

Literally, it means sleep.

So قبل از خواب is literally before sleep.

But in English, the most natural translation may be:

• before bed
• before going to sleep
• before sleeping

So the Persian word is sleep, but the natural English meaning can sound a little broader, depending on context.

That is very common in translation: the most natural English expression is not always the most literal one.