Το μπλοκάκι είναι σχεδόν γεμάτο, γιατί αυτές τις μέρες γράφω πολλά μικρά σημειώματα.

Μπλοκάκι is a very common Greek word for a small notepad or notebook. The ending -άκι is a diminutive ending, often giving the idea of something small, handy, or informal.

A few useful points:

• το μπλοκ = the pad / block
• το μπλοκάκι = the little pad / notepad

In everyday Greek, μπλοκάκι is extremely natural.

Also, the first letters μπ at the beginning of a word are usually pronounced like b, so μπλοκάκι sounds roughly like blo-KA-ki.

Because γεμάτο is an adjective agreeing with το μπλοκάκι.

Greek adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• το μπλοκάκι = neuter, singular
• so the adjective must also be neuter, singular
• therefore: γεμάτο

Compare:

• ο καφές είναι γεμάτος = masculine
• η τσάντα είναι γεμάτη = feminine
• το μπλοκάκι είναι γεμάτο = neuter

Σχεδόν means almost. It is an adverb, so it modifies the adjective γεμάτο.

So:

• γεμάτο = full
• σχεδόν γεμάτο = almost full

Its position here is very natural: είναι σχεδόν γεμάτο. Greek word order is somewhat flexible, but this is the standard, neutral way to say it.

Here γιατί means because.

That can be confusing for English speakers, because γιατί can also mean why in questions.

For example:

• Γιατί γράφεις; = Why are you writing?
• Γράφω γιατί πρέπει. = I’m writing because I have to.

So the meaning depends on the sentence structure, punctuation, and intonation.

In your sentence, γιατί clearly introduces the reason: the notepad is almost full because the speaker has been writing lots of little notes.

Because in Greek, when a demonstrative like this / these is used with a noun, the definite article is normally used too.

So Greek often has this pattern:

• αυτές τις μέρες = these days
• literally something like these the days

This is completely normal Greek.

All three words match:

• αυτές = feminine plural accusative
• τις = feminine plural accusative article
• μέρες = feminine plural accusative

You will see this structure all the time:

• αυτό το βιβλίο = this book
• αυτή η πόλη = this city
• αυτά τα παιδιά = these children

Greek often uses the accusative case for expressions of time, especially when meaning something like:

• these days
• this week
• all day
• every year

So αυτές τις μέρες is an accusative time expression meaning these days / lately.

You can think of it as a set phrase pattern:

• αυτή την εβδομάδα = this week
• αυτόν τον μήνα = this month
• όλη μέρα = all day

English does not show case here, but Greek does.

Because the Greek present tense can describe:

• what someone is doing right now
• what someone is doing around this period
• repeated or ongoing current activity

So αυτές τις μέρες γράφω... means something like:

• these days I’m writing...
• lately I’ve been writing...

Greek does not need a separate progressive form like English I am writing in order to express this idea. The simple present γράφω works perfectly.

Because Greek usually drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb ending already tells you the subject:

• γράφω = I write / I am writing

So εγώ is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

Compare:

• γράφω πολλά σημειώματα = I’m writing many notes
• εγώ γράφω, όχι εκείνος = I’m writing, not him

This is very common in Greek and is one of the first things English speakers notice.

Because they all go together, and Greek makes them agree.

Here the noun is:

• σημειώματα = neuter plural accusative

So the words describing it must also be neuter plural accusative:

• πολλά = many
• μικρά = small
• σημειώματα = notes

This is standard adjective agreement in Greek.

A good way to see it is:

• πολλά μικρά σημειώματα
• quantity word + descriptive adjective + noun

That order is very natural in Greek.

They are related, but not always identical.

• σημείωμα often means a note, memo, short written message, little written piece
• σημείωση often means a note in the sense of notation, note-taking, or a written note as a more general concept

In many contexts they overlap, but μικρά σημειώματα sounds very natural for little written notes, memos, or brief note slips.

So in this sentence, σημειώματα fits the idea of many small individual notes very well.

Because γιατί introduces a subordinate clause giving the reason.

The sentence has two parts:

• Το μπλοκάκι είναι σχεδόν γεμάτο
• γιατί αυτές τις μέρες γράφω πολλά μικρά σημειώματα

The comma helps separate the main statement from the explanation.

Greek punctuation often works similarly to English here, so the comma is natural and expected.