Κάθε απόγευμα κάνω μια μικρή βόλτα στο πάρκο.

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Breakdown of Κάθε απόγευμα κάνω μια μικρή βόλτα στο πάρκο.

• μία: one
• το πάρκο: the park
• κάνω βόλτα: to take a walk

Questions & Answers about Κάθε απόγευμα κάνω μια μικρή βόλτα στο πάρκο.

Why does Greek say κάνω μια βόλτα (“I do/make a walk”) instead of using a verb like “walk”?

In Greek, κάνω βόλτα is an idiomatic expression meaning “to go for a walk / to take a walk”.

• κάνω = I do / I make
• (μια) βόλτα = a walk, an outing

So κάνω μια (μικρή) βόλτα is the natural way to say I take a (short) walk.

You can use a pure “walk” verb, e.g.

• Περπατάω στο πάρκο κάθε απόγευμα. = I walk in the park every afternoon.

…but when you want the idea of going for a walk as an activity, κάνω βόλτα (often with an adjective like μικρή, μεγάλη, ωραία etc.) is the most common pattern.

Why is it Κάθε απόγευμα (singular “afternoon”) and not a plural like “τα απογεύματα”?

In Greek, when you say “every + time word”, you usually use:

• κάθε + singular

So:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε βράδυ = every evening
• κάθε Σάββατο = every Saturday
• κάθε απόγευμα = every afternoon

The noun after κάθε is grammatically singular, even though in English we say “every afternoon” (also singular) but conceptually think of a repeated series.

You could also say:

• Τα απογεύματα κάνω μια μικρή βόλτα στο πάρκο. = In the afternoons I take a small walk in the park.

This is similar in meaning, but κάθε απόγευμα is a bit more explicitly “every single afternoon”.

What is the function of κάθε here exactly? Is it an article or an adjective?