Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, να τρώω φρούτα και να ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος.

I try to sleep well, eat fruit, and live without much stress.

Breakdown of Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, να τρώω φρούτα και να ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος.

• καλά: well
• και: and
• τρώω: to eat
• πολύς: much

Questions & Answers about Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, να τρώω φρούτα και να ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος.

Why do we need να before the verbs (να κοιμάμαι, να τρώω, να ζω)? Why not just Προσπαθώ κοιμάμαι?

In Modern Greek, many verbs (like προσπαθώ, θέλω, μπορώ, πρέπει, etc.) are followed by another verb in a να-clause.

So the pattern is:

• Προσπαθώ να… = I try to…

You cannot say Προσπαθώ κοιμάμαι. After προσπαθώ, the next verb must be in this να form:

• Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι = I try to sleep
• Προσπαθώ να τρώω φρούτα = I try to eat fruit
• Προσπαθώ να ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος = I try to live without much stress

Grammatically, the presence of να is what marks these verbs as subjunctive-like (non‑indicative) forms in Greek.

Why is να repeated before every verb? Could we say Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, τρώω φρούτα και ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος?

Repeating να makes it clear that all three actions are things you are trying to do:

• Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, να τρώω φρούτα και να ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος.
  = I try to sleep well, (I try) to eat fruit and (I try) to live without much stress.

If you remove the second and third να:

• Προσπαθώ να κοιμάμαι καλά, τρώω φρούτα και ζω χωρίς πολύ άγχος.

this is normally read as:

• I try to sleep well, (and in fact) I eat fruit and I live without much stress.

So τρώω and ζω are no longer part of what you’re trying to do; they’re just separate statements in the present tense. Repeating να keeps all three verbs parallel and dependent on προσπαθώ.