Τελευταία ξενυχτάω συχνά, κι έτσι το πρωί χασμουριέμαι συνέχεια.

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Breakdown of Τελευταία ξενυχτάω συχνά, κι έτσι το πρωί χασμουριέμαι συνέχεια.

• συχνά: often
• κι έτσι: so
• συνέχεια: continuously

Questions & Answers about Τελευταία ξενυχτάω συχνά, κι έτσι το πρωί χασμουριέμαι συνέχεια.

What does τελευταία mean here? I thought it meant last.

Here τελευταία means lately / recently.

That is a very common use in Modern Greek. Even though τελευταίος / τελευταία / τελευταίο usually means last, the form τελευταία is also used adverbially to mean in recent times.

So:

• Τελευταία διαβάζω πολύ. = Lately I’ve been studying a lot.
• Τελευταία ξενυχτάω συχνά. = Lately I stay up late often.

It is best to learn τελευταία in this sentence as a fixed time expression meaning lately.

Why isn’t there a word for I in the sentence?

Greek often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed.

So instead of saying:

• Εγώ ξενυχτάω
• Εγώ χασμουριέμαι

Greek normally just says:

• ξενυχτάω
• χασμουριέμαι

The verb ending already shows the subject is I:

• -άω in ξενυχτάω = I
• -ιέμαι in χασμουριέμαι = I

You can add εγώ for emphasis, but in a neutral sentence it is usually omitted.

Why is the present tense used? In English we might say I’ve been staying up late lately.