Με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό, το πάτωμα καθαρίζει πιο εύκολα.

Με means with here, and it introduces the means or materials used to do something.

So με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό means with a little bleach and warm water.

In Greek, με is followed by the accusative case, which is why the words after it appear in their accusative forms.

Because χλωρίνη is a feminine singular noun, and λίγος / λίγη / λίγο must agree with the noun it describes.

So:

• λίγη χλωρίνη = a little bleach
• λίγη matches χλωρίνη in gender, number, and case

Even though in English a little does not change form, in Greek it does.

Greek often leaves out the article with materials, substances, or indefinite amounts, especially in phrases like this.

So:

• με λίγη χλωρίνη = with a little bleach
• και ζεστό νερό = and warm water

This sounds natural because the sentence is talking about bleach and water in a general, non-specific way, not the bleach or the water.

Because νερό is a neuter singular noun, so the adjective must match it.

• ζεστός = masculine
• ζεστή = feminine
• ζεστό = neuter

Since νερό is neuter, Greek uses ζεστό.

Yes. The preposition με governs both nouns:

• με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό

This is like English with a little bleach and warm water. Greek does not need to repeat με before the second noun.

You could repeat it for emphasis in some contexts, but normally you would not.

In this sentence, το πάτωμα is the thing that cleans easily.

Greek often uses verbs like καθαρίζω in a way similar to English sentences such as:

• This shirt washes well.
• This pan cleans easily.

So το πάτωμα καθαρίζει πιο εύκολα does not mean the floor is cleaning something else. It means the floor is easy to clean or the floor cleans more easily.

Καθαρίζει is the:

• present tense
• active voice
• 3rd person singular

from the verb καθαρίζω = to clean

Here it expresses a general fact or usual result, not something happening only right now.

So the idea is: The floor cleans more easily / The floor is easier to clean.

Because Greek can use the active form to say that something is easy or hard to clean, wash, cut, etc.

So:

• Το πάτωμα καθαρίζει εύκολα = The floor cleans easily
• Το ύφασμα πλένεται εύκολα is also possible in other contexts, but it is a different structure

Here the active verb sounds natural and idiomatic. It focuses on how the floor behaves when someone tries to clean it.

Because πιο εύκολα is an adverb, and it modifies the verb καθαρίζει.

It tells us how the floor cleans.

• εύκολος / εύκολη / εύκολο = adjective = easy
• εύκολα = adverb = easily

So:

• εύκολο πάτωμα would mean an easy floor and would not make sense here
• καθαρίζει εύκολα = cleans easily

Πιο makes a comparative.

So:

• εύκολα = easily
• πιο εύκολα = more easily

Greek commonly forms comparatives with πιο + adjective/adverb.

So this phrase means that, with bleach and warm water, the floor cleans more easily than it would otherwise.

The comma separates the introductory phrase:

• Με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό, ...

This is very common in written Greek when a prepositional phrase is moved to the front for emphasis or clarity.

It helps the reader hear the pause, but in some informal writing you may also see the sentence without the comma.

Yes. Greek word order is fairly flexible.

For example, you could also say:

• Το πάτωμα καθαρίζει πιο εύκολα με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό.

That version sounds a little more neutral.

Putting με λίγη χλωρίνη και ζεστό νερό at the beginning gives extra emphasis to the method or ingredients used.

Because χλωρίνη is treated as an uncountable substance, like water or milk in English.

So:

• λίγη χλωρίνη = a little bleach
• not a few bleaches

Greek uses λίγος / λίγη / λίγο both with countable and uncountable nouns, but in this sentence it clearly refers to a small amount of bleach.