Το βράδυ διαβάζω ένα μικρό παραμύθι στην ανιψιά μου, και μετά της τραγουδάω ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα.

In Greek, το βράδυ is a very common time expression. Literally it is the evening / the night, but in context it often means in the evening or at night.

This is an example of the accusative of time, where Greek uses a noun phrase to show when something happens:

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

So Το βράδυ διαβάζω... means In the evening, I read...

Διαβάζω is the 1st person singular present tense: I read / I am reading.

In a sentence like this, the Greek present tense usually describes a habit or routine, not just something happening right this second. So here it means something like:

• In the evening I read... and then I sing...

That sounds like a repeated bedtime routine.

Greek present tense often covers both:

• I read
• I am reading

The wider context tells you which one is meant.

This phrase means a small little story / a short fairy tale.

The three words agree like this:

• ένα = a / one for a neuter singular noun
• μικρό = small, also neuter singular
• παραμύθι = fairy tale / story, a neuter singular noun

So the adjective must match the noun:

• μικρό because παραμύθι is neuter

This is basic adjective agreement in Greek:

• masculine noun → masculine adjective
• feminine noun → feminine adjective
• neuter noun → neuter adjective

Παραμύθι literally often means fairy tale, but in everyday use it can also mean a children’s story, especially in a bedtime context.

In this sentence, because it is followed by νανούρισμα (lullaby), it naturally sounds like:

• a little bedtime story
• or a short fairy tale

So even if the dictionary says fairy tale, the real feeling here is probably a story told to a child before sleep.

Στην ανιψιά μου means to my niece.

Breakdown:

• στην = σε + την = to the
• ανιψιά = niece
• μου = my

This phrase is in the form used for an indirect object, the person to whom something is read.

So:

• διαβάζω ένα παραμύθι στην ανιψιά μου = I read a story to my niece

English uses to my niece, and Greek often uses σε for that same idea.

Because Greek can express the indirect object in two ways:

1. with a full phrase:

   • στην ανιψιά μου = to my niece

2. with a weak pronoun / clitic:

   • της = to her

So the sentence says:

• I read a little story to my niece, and then I sing her a calm lullaby.

In the second clause, Greek uses της because the person has already been identified. This is very natural and avoids repeating στην ανιψιά μου again.

So:

• στην ανιψιά μου = full noun phrase
• της = to her

Here της means to her.

It is an indirect object pronoun. The action is:

• τραγουδάω ένα νανούρισμα = I sing a lullaby
• της τραγουδάω ένα νανούρισμα = I sing her a lullaby / I sing a lullaby to her

English can say either:

• I sing her a lullaby
• I sing a lullaby to her

Greek uses της for that to her idea.

In Greek, possessive words like μου, σου, του, της, μας, σας, τους usually come after the noun.

So:

• η ανιψιά μου = my niece
• το βιβλίο μου = my book
• η μητέρα της = her mother

This is different from English, where my comes before the noun.

So στην ανιψιά μου literally looks like:

• to the niece my

But naturally it means:

• to my niece

Yes. Τραγουδάω and τραγουδώ are two forms of the same verb: to sing.

Both are correct in Modern Greek. Very often:

• τραγουδάω sounds more everyday and conversational
• τραγουδώ can sound a bit more formal or concise

So:

• της τραγουδάω = I sing to her
• της τραγουδώ = same meaning

A learner should recognize both.

Because νανούρισμα is a neuter singular noun, so both the article and adjective must match it:

• ένα = a, neuter singular
• ήρεμο = calm / gentle / soothing, neuter singular
• νανούρισμα = lullaby, neuter singular

So the phrase means:

• a calm lullaby
• a soothing lullaby
• a gentle lullaby

Again, this is adjective agreement:

• neuter noun → neuter adjective

Νανούρισμα means lullaby: a song sung to help a child fall asleep.

It comes from the idea of soothing a baby or child to sleep. In this sentence, it fits perfectly with the bedtime routine:

• read a little story
• then sing a lullaby

Μετά here means afterwards, then, or after that.

So:

• και μετά = and then

It links the two actions in sequence:

1. I read a little story to my niece
2. then I sing her a lullaby

So it is showing what happens next.

Because these short object pronouns in Greek usually come before the verb.

So:

• της τραγουδάω = correct
• μου δίνει = he/she gives me
• σου λέω = I tell you

These little pronouns are called clitics, and their normal place is before the verb in statements.

So της τραγουδάω is the natural order for I sing to her / I sing her...

Not completely. Greek word order is more flexible than English, although some versions sound more natural than others.

This sentence is very natural as written:

• Το βράδυ διαβάζω ένα μικρό παραμύθι στην ανιψιά μου, και μετά της τραγουδάω ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα.

But Greek could move things around for emphasis, for example:

• Το βράδυ, στην ανιψιά μου διαβάζω ένα μικρό παραμύθι...
• Και μετά ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα της τραγουδάω...

Those versions are possible, but the original is the most neutral and natural for a learner.

Because the sentence contains two coordinated clauses:

1. Το βράδυ διαβάζω ένα μικρό παραμύθι στην ανιψιά μου
2. και μετά της τραγουδάω ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα

The comma helps separate the two actions clearly. In Greek punctuation, this is very normal in a sentence of this length.

So the structure is basically:

• I do X, and then I do Y.

Yes, that is possible.

You could say:

• τραγουδάω ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα στην ανιψιά μου
• της τραγουδάω ένα ήρεμο νανούρισμα

Both mean essentially the same thing:

• I sing a calm lullaby to my niece / to her

The version with της is especially natural here because στην ανιψιά μου was already mentioned earlier. Greek often uses the pronoun once the person is already clear.

Most naturally, it describes a repeated routine.

That comes from:

• Το βράδυ = in the evening
• the present tense verbs διαβάζω and τραγουδάω

So the sense is:

• Every evening / In the evening, I read my niece a little story, and then I sing her a soothing lullaby.

Without extra context, a Greek speaker would probably understand this as a habitual bedtime routine rather than a one-time event.