Σκοπεύω να δοκιμάσω μια καινούρια μέθοδο για το διάβασμα, γιατί η παλιά δεν με βοηθάει πια.

Σκοπεύω means I intend, I plan, or I mean to. It expresses a deliberate plan, not just a wish.

So Σκοπεύω να δοκιμάσω... is like saying I intend to try...

Compared with other verbs:

• θέλω να... = I want to...
• σκοπεύω να... = I intend/plan to...

So σκοπεύω sounds a bit more purposeful than just want.

In Modern Greek, verbs like σκοπεύω are followed by να + verb.

English uses an infinitive:

• I intend to try

Greek usually does not use an infinitive in this way. Instead, it uses:

• σκοπεύω να δοκιμάσω

So να is extremely common after verbs expressing desire, intention, possibility, obligation, and so on.

This is mainly about aspect.

• δοκιμάσω = aorist/perfective stem
• δοκιμάζω = present/imperfective stem

After να, Greek often chooses between these two aspects depending on how the action is viewed.

Here, να δοκιμάσω suggests trying the method as a complete action / a single attempt / a new step. That fits the sentence well: the speaker plans to switch to and try a new method.

If you said να δοκιμάζω, it would sound more like to be trying / to try repeatedly / to be in the process of trying, which is less natural here.

μια καινούρια μέθοδο is in the accusative singular feminine because it is the direct object of δοκιμάσω.

Breakdown:

• μια = a / one (feminine)
• καινούρια = new (feminine singular)
• μέθοδο = method (feminine singular, accusative)

All three words agree in gender and number, and the noun is in the accusative because it is what the speaker intends to try.

Yes, very often.

Greek does not have a separate word exactly like English a/an, so it uses the numeral/article ένας / μία(μια) / ένα.

Here:

• μια καινούρια μέθοδο = a new method

In everyday writing and speech, μια is very common instead of μία.

Yes, νέα μέθοδο would also be possible.

Both καινούρια and νέα can mean new, but they are not always identical in feeling:

• καινούριος/καινούρια often stresses new, fresh, not old, different from the previous one
• νέος/νέα can also mean new, but it can sometimes be broader and may also mean young in other contexts

In this sentence, καινούρια works especially well because it contrasts nicely with η παλιά later in the sentence:

• μια καινούρια μέθοδο
• η παλιά

διάβασμα can mean either reading or studying, depending on context.

Here it most naturally means studying, because the sentence talks about a method that helps or does not help someone. So:

• μια καινούρια μέθοδο για το διάβασμα = a new method for studying

About the structure:

• για = for
• το διάβασμα = the studying / study

So για το διάβασμα means for studying or for my studying/study work.

Greek often leaves out a noun when it is already obvious from context.

So:

• η παλιά literally means the old one
• but here it clearly refers to η παλιά μέθοδος = the old method

This is very common in Greek. The article plus adjective can stand on its own when the noun is understood.

Also notice the case:

• η παλιά is nominative feminine singular, because it is the subject of δεν με βοηθάει

με is the weak object pronoun meaning me.

So:

• με βοηθάει = it helps me
• δεν με βοηθάει = it doesn’t help me

In Greek, these short object pronouns usually come before the verb:

• με βλέπει = he/she sees me
• με ξέρει = he/she knows me
• με βοηθάει = he/she/it helps me

With negation, the order is:

• δεν με βοηθάει

Yes. Both βοηθάει and βοηθά are used.

They mean the same thing:

• βοηθάει
• βοηθά

The longer form in -άει is very common in everyday Greek, and many learners hear it a lot in speech. The shorter form is also completely normal.

So:

• δεν με βοηθάει πια and
• δεν με βοηθά πια

both mean the same thing.

πια means anymore or no longer now.

Because the verb is negative:

• δεν με βοηθάει πια

the natural meaning is:

• it doesn’t help me anymore
• it no longer helps me

So πια adds the idea that the old method may have helped before, but that is no longer true.

Because γιατί introduces the reason:

• ..., γιατί η παλιά δεν με βοηθάει πια.
• ..., because the old one doesn’t help me anymore.

Just like in English, a comma is often used before a clause explaining the reason, especially in a sentence of this shape.

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English, although the given version is very natural.

For example, the sentence could be rearranged slightly for emphasis, such as:

• Για το διάβασμα σκοπεύω να δοκιμάσω μια καινούρια μέθοδο...

But the original order is the most neutral and straightforward:

• Σκοπεύω να δοκιμάσω μια καινούρια μέθοδο για το διάβασμα, γιατί η παλιά δεν με βοηθάει πια.

So a learner should treat the original wording as a very good standard model.