Κάθε βράδυ κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία πριν κοιμηθώ.

Because κάθε means every/each, and in Greek it is normally followed by a singular noun, not a plural one.

So:

• κάθε βράδυ = every night
• not κάθε βράδια

This is similar to English, where we also say every night, not every nights.

Also, βράδυ here is in the singular neuter form, and that is the normal pattern after κάθε.

With κάθε, Greek normally does not use the definite article.

So you say:

• κάθε βράδυ = every night
• κάθε μέρα = every day
• κάθε χρόνο = every year

Using an article here would sound unnatural in standard Greek.

Yes, κάνω literally means do or make, but Greek often uses κάνω in expressions where English might use a different verb.

So:

• κάνω ορθογραφία means something like I do spelling or I do spelling practice
• natural English would often be I practice spelling or I do some spelling exercises

This is just a normal Greek collocation. Learners should treat κάνω ορθογραφία as a set expression.

Λίγη means a little / some and adds the idea of a small amount.

So:

• κάνω ορθογραφία = I do spelling / I practice spelling
• κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία = I do a little spelling / I do some spelling practice

It makes the sentence sound a bit more natural and specific, because the speaker is not saying they study spelling in general, but that they do a little bit of it every night.

Λίγη is the feminine singular form of λίγος.

It agrees with ορθογραφία, which is a feminine singular noun.

The forms are:

• masculine: λίγος
• feminine: λίγη
• neuter: λίγο

Since ορθογραφία is feminine, Greek uses λίγη.

Yes, ορθογραφία means spelling or orthography.

Depending on context, it can refer to:

• spelling as a skill
• correct spelling
• spelling practice or spelling exercises

In this sentence, it most naturally means spelling practice.

Because κοιμάμαι is the dictionary form, but after πριν in this sentence Greek uses a different verb form: the subjunctive, here based on the aorist.

So:

• dictionary form: κοιμάμαι = I sleep / I am sleeping
• subjunctive form: να κοιμηθώ = that I sleep / that I go to sleep
• after πριν: πριν κοιμηθώ = before I go to sleep

This is very common in Greek: the form you see in a sentence is often not the dictionary form.

Because Greek is focusing on the action as a single completed event: falling asleep / going to sleep, not the ongoing state of sleeping.

Compare the idea:

• κοιμάμαι = I am sleeping / I sleep
• κοιμηθώ = I go to sleep / I fall asleep

After πριν, the aorist subjunctive often expresses before a single event happens.

So πριν κοιμηθώ is best understood as:

• before I go to sleep
• before I fall asleep

not before I am sleeping.

In Modern Greek, πριν can be followed by the subjunctive with or without να, depending on style and context.

So both of these are possible:

• πριν κοιμηθώ
• πριν να κοιμηθώ

In many everyday sentences, especially with clear meaning, Greek often leaves out να after πριν.

So πριν κοιμηθώ is completely normal.

Here πριν means before.

It introduces the action that happens later:

• first: κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία
• then: κοιμηθώ

So the structure is:

• I do a little spelling before I go to sleep

It is functioning as a conjunction linking the two actions.

Yes, Greek word order is more flexible than English word order, although the original sentence is very natural.

The given order is:

• Κάθε βράδυ = time expression first
• κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία = main action
• πριν κοιμηθώ = subordinate clause

This is a very normal way to organize the sentence.

You could also hear variations such as:

• Κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία κάθε βράδυ πριν κοιμηθώ
• Πριν κοιμηθώ, κάνω λίγη ορθογραφία κάθε βράδυ

The meaning stays basically the same, but the emphasis may shift slightly.

It is functioning as a time expression, and in Greek many expressions of time appear in the accusative.

So κάθε βράδυ is an example of a time phrase meaning every night.

In this noun, the nominative and accusative singular look the same:

• nominative: το βράδυ
• accusative: το βράδυ

So even if you do not see a different ending, it is still useful to know that Greek often uses the accusative for time expressions.

It most naturally means every night, but depending on context it can sometimes overlap a little with every evening, especially if the activity happens before bed.

Still, the most direct meaning of βράδυ is evening/night, and in this sentence the presence of πριν κοιμηθώ makes every night the clearest translation.

If someone wanted to clearly mean every afternoon, every morning, and so on, they would usually choose a more specific word:

• κάθε πρωί = every morning
• κάθε απόγευμα = every afternoon
• κάθε βράδυ = every night / every evening

Yes. It sounds natural and idiomatic.

A Greek speaker would understand it as:

• Every night I do a little spelling practice before I go to sleep.

The only thing to remember is that κάνω ορθογραφία is a Greek expression, so in English we might translate it more naturally as:

• I practice spelling
• I do some spelling exercises

rather than sticking too literally to I do spelling.