Διαβάζω όλο και περισσότερο ελληνικά κάθε βράδυ.

I read more and more Greek every evening.

Breakdown of Διαβάζω όλο και περισσότερο ελληνικά κάθε βράδυ.

• ελληνικά: in Greek
• διαβάζω: to read
• κάθε βράδυ: every evening
• περισσότερος: more

Questions & Answers about Διαβάζω όλο και περισσότερο ελληνικά κάθε βράδυ.

Why does Διαβάζω translate as both “I read” and “I’m reading” in English?

Modern Greek doesn’t distinguish between simple present and present continuous the way English does.

The verb form διαβάζω (1st person singular present) can mean:

• I read Greek every night. (habit)
• I am reading Greek (right now / these days). (ongoing action)

Context usually tells you which meaning is intended.

If someone wants to make the “right now” meaning very explicit, they might add:

• Τώρα διαβάζω ελληνικά. – I’m reading Greek now.
• Αυτή την περίοδο διαβάζω ελληνικά. – I’m reading/studying Greek these days.

But grammatically, the same form διαβάζω covers both English “I read” and “I’m reading.”

What exactly does όλο και περισσότερο mean, and why are there two words όλο and και?

The phrase όλο και + comparative is a fixed expression meaning “more and more …” or “increasingly …”.

• περισσότερο = “more” (comparative form of πολύ = “much/a lot”)
• όλο και περισσότερο = “more and more” / “increasingly”

So:

• Διαβάζω όλο και περισσότερο ελληνικά
  = I read more and more Greek / I read increasingly more Greek.

Literally, όλο comes from “whole/entirely” and και is “and”, but here they don’t translate word‑for‑word; together they just signal a gradual increase:

• όλο και καλύτερα – better and better
• όλο και πιο δύσκολα – more and more difficult(ly)