Κάθε βράδυ λέω ότι πάω να κοιμηθώ νωρίς, αλλά τελικά μένω μέχρι αργά για να δω «ακόμα ένα» επεισόδιο.

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Breakdown of Κάθε βράδυ λέω ότι πάω να κοιμηθώ νωρίς, αλλά τελικά μένω μέχρι αργά για να δω «ακόμα ένα» επεισόδιο.

• να: to
• αλλά: but
• μένω: to stay

Questions & Answers about Κάθε βράδυ λέω ότι πάω να κοιμηθώ νωρίς, αλλά τελικά μένω μέχρι αργά για να δω «ακόμα ένα» επεισόδιο.

What does κάθε βράδυ literally mean, and why is there no article (το) like in το βράδυ?

Κάθε βράδυ literally means “every evening” / “every night”.

• κάθε = every/each
• βράδυ = evening / night

When you say “every + noun” in Greek, you don’t use the definite article:

• κάθε μέρα = every day (not η κάθε μέρα)
• κάθε χρόνο = every year
• κάθε βράδυ = every night

το βράδυ on its own means “in the evening / at night” (a general time of day), but κάθε βράδυ is specifically habitual: it tells us this happens every night as a routine.

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Why is λέω in the present tense? In English we might say “I say” or “I keep saying” or “I always say”.

In Greek, the present tense is used both for:

• simple present: I say
• present continuous / habitual: I keep saying / I always say

So λέω here expresses a habitual action: something the speaker regularly does.

The sentence is like:

• Κάθε βράδυ λέω...
  → Every night I (always) say...

You don’t need a special continuous form in Greek; λέω covers all of these English nuances by context.

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What is the function of ότι in λέω ότι πάω να κοιμηθώ νωρίς? Is it like “that” in English?