Learn Hardcore Greek: Καμιά φορά κάθομαι σιωπηλός στο μπαλκόνι και χαζεύω τον δρόμο για λίγα λεπτά. - Sometimes I sit silently on the balcony and gaze at the street for a few minutes.

Breakdown of Καμιά φορά κάθομαι σιωπηλός στο μπαλκόνι και χαζεύω τον δρόμο για λίγα λεπτά.

What does Καμιά φορά mean, and is it the same as μερικές φορές?

Καμιά φορά means sometimes / from time to time / now and then.

A few useful notes:

It is a very common, natural expression.
καμιά is a colloquial form of καμία.
Καμιά φορά and μερικές φορές are very close in meaning. In many contexts, they are interchangeable.
Even though φορά is singular, the whole phrase is just a fixed idiomatic expression meaning sometimes.

So a learner can safely understand Καμιά φορά as a normal way to say sometimes.

Why is κάθομαι in the present tense here?

Greek present tense often describes:

In this sentence, because of Καμιά φορά, the present tense is being used habitually:

So it does not mean only I am sitting right now. It means this is something the speaker does from time to time.

Why does κάθομαι end in -ομαι if it does not mean passive?