Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα.

Βάλε is the singular imperative of βάζω (to put, place, add).

In this sentence, it means something like put / add / apply. With λίπασμα (fertilizer), the most natural English sense is add some fertilizer or put a little fertilizer on/in.

Grammatically, βάλε is the aorist imperative, which is very common for a simple one-time instruction.

Greek often uses the aorist imperative for a single action or a complete action:

• βάλε = put/add (once, as a whole action)
• βάζε = keep putting / put repeatedly / be putting

So in a practical instruction like this, βάλε sounds natural because the speaker means do this now as one action.

Yes. Βάλε is used when speaking to one person informally.

If you want to speak:

• politely to one person, or
• to more than one person,

you would normally say:

Βάλτε λιγάκι λίπασμα.

So:

• βάλε = informal singular
• βάλτε = plural or polite singular

Λιγάκι means a little bit.

It is a softer, slightly more conversational version of λίγο (a little). It can sound a bit friendlier or gentler.

So:

• λίγο λίπασμα = a little fertilizer
• λιγάκι λίπασμα = a little bit of fertilizer

In many contexts, they are very close in meaning.

Because Greek, like English, often leaves out the article with a substance or material when talking about some amount of it.

So:

• Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα. = Add a little fertilizer.
• not necessarily the fertilizer

If you said το λίπασμα, that would usually refer to the fertilizer as a specific known thing.

It is in the accusative, because it is the direct object of βάλε.

You are putting/adding what?
→ λίπασμα

Also, λίπασμα is a neuter noun, and in many neuter nouns the nominative and accusative singular look the same. So even though the form is unchanged, its role here is accusative.

Yes, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα. is a very natural order:

• verb first
• then the quantity
• then the thing

You could also hear:

• Βάλε λίγο λίπασμα.
• Λίγο λίπασμα βάλε. (more emphasis on a little fertilizer)

But the original sentence sounds perfectly normal and straightforward.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

VA-le li-GA-ki LI-pa-sma

The stressed syllables are:

• ΒΆλε
• λιΓΆκι
• ΛΊπασμα

A couple of useful pronunciation notes:

• β in Modern Greek sounds like v, not like English b
• γ here is not a hard English g; it is the Greek γ sound, which is softer

So βάλε sounds more like VA-le, not BA-le.

It can mean several related things depending on context:

• put
• place
• add
• apply

With something like λίπασμα, English usually prefers add fertilizer or apply fertilizer, even though Greek uses the very common verb βάζω.

So this is a good example of how a very basic Greek verb can cover several English verbs.

Possibly, yes. Λίγο is probably the more neutral and standard everyday choice.

But λιγάκι is also completely natural. It can sound:

• a bit warmer
• a bit softer
• slightly less direct

So the difference is mostly one of tone, not basic meaning.

It is completely fine on its own.

Greek often leaves out details that are understood from context. If the speaker and listener both know the situation—maybe a plant, a garden, or a pot—then Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα. is enough.

If needed, Greek could add more detail:

• Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα στη γλάστρα. = Put a little fertilizer in the pot.
• Βάλε λιγάκι λίπασμα στα φυτά. = Put a little fertilizer on the plants.

But the shorter sentence is perfectly natural if the context is clear.