Μετά τον κεραυνό βγήκε λίγο αεράκι, αλλά το βράδυ είχε πάλι παγετό.

In Modern Greek, μετά meaning after normally takes the accusative.

So:

• μετά τον κεραυνό = after the lightning/thunderbolt

This is just the standard modern pattern. An English speaker may expect something else because older Greek used different case patterns, but in everyday Modern Greek, μετά + accusative is the normal rule.

Κεραυνός literally means thunderbolt or lightning strike. In context, it often refers to the lightning event itself, and sometimes learners feel it overlaps a bit with the whole stormy moment.

So depending on context, it can sound like:

• after the lightning strike
• after the lightning
• sometimes loosely after the thunderstorm burst

But the most literal core meaning is thunderbolt/lightning strike.

Yes, βγαίνω often means go out, come out, or get out. But Greek also uses it in a broader, natural way for things that appear, start up, or come up.

So:

• βγήκε λίγο αεράκι literally = a little breeze came out
• more natural English = a slight breeze sprang up or a little breeze came up

This is a very normal Greek way to talk about weather or natural conditions beginning.

Greek word order is much more flexible than English word order. In English, you usually need:

• A little breeze came up

But Greek can easily say:

• Βγήκε λίγο αεράκι

with the verb first and the subject after it.

This often sounds natural when introducing something new that appears or happens. In this sentence, the effect is a bit like:

• Then a little breeze came up

So the post-verbal subject is completely normal.

Λίγο means a little or slight, and αεράκι means little breeze or light breeze.

So together:

• λίγο αεράκι = a little breeze / a slight breeze

The word αεράκι is a diminutive form of αέρας (air, wind). Diminutives in Greek are very common and often make something sound:

• smaller
• lighter
• gentler
• sometimes more informal or vivid

So αεράκι is not just wind; it suggests a light breeze.

Here λίγο is the neuter singular form, matching αεράκι, which is also neuter.

Compare:

• λίγος αέρας = a little wind / some wind
• λίγο αεράκι = a little breeze

Because αεράκι is neuter, λίγο is neuter too.

Greek does not have an obligatory indefinite article like English a/an in every case.

So Greek can say:

• βγήκε λίγο αεράκι
• είχε παγετό

without needing a separate word for a.

Also, with weather and natural phenomena, Greek often uses bare nouns very naturally:

• είχε παγετό = there was frost
• είχε αέρα = it was windy / there was wind

So the absence of an article here is normal and idiomatic.

Το βράδυ is accusative, and here it is used as a time expression meaning:

• in the evening
• at night, depending on context

This is very common in Greek. The accusative can be used adverbially for time.

So:

• το πρωί = in the morning
• το μεσημέρι = at noon / in the afternoon
• το βράδυ = in the evening / at night

Even though there is no movement, the accusative is correct because this is an established time expression.

This is one of those weather expressions where Greek uses έχω in an impersonal way.

So:

• έχει παγετό = there is frost / it is frosty
• είχε παγετό = there was frost / it was frosty

English usually does not say it had frost in this context, but Greek does. It is a very normal way to describe weather conditions.

There is no personal subject like he or she here. It is just an impersonal weather expression.

This is about aspect, which is very important in Greek.

• βγήκε is aorist: it presents the breeze as a single event that happened
• είχε is imperfect: it presents the frost as a state or condition that existed at that time

So the contrast is roughly:

• a breeze came up → one event
• there was frost again in the evening → ongoing condition

Greek uses these aspect choices very naturally, and English speakers often need time to get used to them.

Πάλι means again or once more.

So:

• είχε πάλι παγετό = there was frost again

It tells you that the frost returned or happened once more.

In Greek, πάλι is fairly flexible in position, but its placement here is very natural. It modifies the whole situation and highlights the recurrence of the frost.

Yes, Greek word order is flexible, though different orders can slightly change emphasis.

For example, these are all possible in principle:

• Μετά τον κεραυνό βγήκε λίγο αεράκι
• Λίγο αεράκι βγήκε μετά τον κεραυνό
• Το βράδυ είχε πάλι παγετό
• Πάλι είχε παγετό το βράδυ

The basic meaning stays similar, but the focus shifts a little depending on what the speaker wants to highlight.

The original sentence sounds natural because it moves from:

1. time/context — Μετά τον κεραυνό
2. event — βγήκε λίγο αεράκι
3. contrast — αλλά
4. new time frame — το βράδυ
5. weather condition — είχε πάλι παγετό

So the word order is doing a good job of guiding the listener through the scene.