Από τον Ιανουάριο μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο προσπαθώ να διαβάζω λίγο ελληνικά κάθε μέρα, γιατί έτσι νιώθω ότι προχωράω πραγματικά.

Because after από and μέχρι in this time expression, the month names are in the accusative case.

• ο Ιανουάριος → τον Ιανουάριο
• ο Δεκέμβριος → τον Δεκέμβριο

Month names are masculine nouns, so they take the masculine accusative singular article τον here.

So:

• από τον Ιανουάριο = from January
• μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο = until December

This is very normal Greek usage.

In standard Greek, it is natural to repeat the article:

• Από τον Ιανουάριο μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο

This sounds complete and idiomatic. Greek usually keeps the article with each noun in a structure like this.

You may sometimes hear more compressed phrasing in casual speech, but for learners, repeating the article is the safest and most natural choice.

This is an important aspect difference.

• να διαβάζω = imperfective aspect
  It suggests a repeated, ongoing, habitual action.
• να διαβάσω = perfective aspect
  It suggests a single completed act or one whole event.

In this sentence, the speaker means:

• they try to read Greek regularly
• a little at a time
• every day over a long period

So διαβάζω fits better because the action is habitual and continuous, not a one-time event.

Very roughly:

• προσπαθώ να διαβάζω λίγο ελληνικά κάθε μέρα = I try to keep reading a little Greek every day
• προσπαθώ να διαβάσω would sound more like trying to finish/read something as a complete act

Here λίγο means a little, in the sense of to a small extent / a small amount.

In this sentence, λίγο works naturally with the activity διαβάζω and the language ελληνικά:

• διαβάζω λίγο ελληνικά = I read a little Greek

Why not λίγα?

• λίγα is the plural form meaning a few or few
• It is usually used with countable plural nouns
• But Greek here is not being treated as a set of countable items; it means the language or some amount of reading in that language

So λίγο ελληνικά is the natural phrasing.

In Greek, names of languages are normally written with lowercase letters, unlike in English.

So:

• ελληνικά = Greek
• αγγλικά = English
• γαλλικά = French

This is standard Greek spelling. English capitalizes language names, but Greek usually does not.

Yes, ελληνικά is grammatically neuter plural in form, but it is the normal word for the Greek language.

This happens with several language names in Greek:

• τα ελληνικά = Greek
• τα αγγλικά = English
• τα ισπανικά = Spanish

Even though the form is plural, the meaning is simply the language as a subject or field.

So διαβάζω ελληνικά means I read Greek, not I read Greeks.

Because κάθε means every, and Greek normally does not use the article after it in this kind of expression.

So:

• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε εβδομάδα = every week
• κάθε χρόνο = every year

This is just the standard pattern.

Also note that μέρα is very common in everyday speech, while ημέρα is the more formal/full form.

Here έτσι means this way, like this, or in this way.

So:

• γιατί έτσι νιώθω... = because this way I feel...

It connects the idea of daily reading with the result:

• reading a little every day → this way I feel I am really making progress

So έτσι refers back to the method just mentioned.

Ότι introduces a clause meaning that:

• νιώθω ότι προχωράω = I feel that I’m making progress

It works just like English that in many cases.

Greek often uses ότι or πως after verbs of thinking, knowing, feeling, saying, etc.

Examples:

• νομίζω ότι... = I think that...
• ξέρω ότι... = I know that...
• νιώθω ότι... = I feel that...

In informal speech, πως is also very common.

Both are correct.

Many Greek verbs have two common present-tense forms:

• προχωρώ
• προχωράω

They mean the same thing. The -άω form often sounds a bit more conversational or everyday, but both are standard.

So:

• νιώθω ότι προχωράω πραγματικά
• νιώθω ότι προχωρώ πραγματικά

Both are fine.

Literally, yes, προχωράω can mean move forward or go ahead.

But in this sentence it is used more figuratively:

• προχωράω = I’m progressing / I’m making progress

This is a very common use, especially when talking about learning, work, plans, or improvement.

So here it means the speaker feels they are genuinely improving in Greek.

Πραγματικά means really, truly, or genuinely.

It emphasizes that the progress feels real, not just imagined or superficial:

• προχωράω πραγματικά = I’m really making progress

It strengthens the statement emotionally and naturally.

Greek word order is more flexible than English word order, because Greek relies more on endings and less on position for basic grammar.

So this sentence could be rearranged somewhat for emphasis, for example:

• Προσπαθώ να διαβάζω λίγο ελληνικά κάθε μέρα...
• Κάθε μέρα προσπαθώ να διαβάζω λίγο ελληνικά...

Both are possible.

The original order starts with the time span:

• Από τον Ιανουάριο μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο...

This gives a nice frame first, then the habit, then the reason.

So the chosen order sounds natural and well-organized, but it is not the only possible order.

Yes, absolutely. It sounds natural and idiomatic.

It expresses:

• ongoing effort: προσπαθώ
• repeated action: να διαβάζω
• small amount: λίγο
• language studied: ελληνικά
• regular frequency: κάθε μέρα

So the sentence feels like normal, everyday Greek rather than something artificially translated from English.