Όταν κερδίζω, νιώθω μεγάλη χαρά.

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Breakdown of Όταν κερδίζω, νιώθω μεγάλη χαρά.

• νιώθω: to feel
• μεγάλος: great
• η χαρά: the joy

Questions & Answers about Όταν κερδίζω, νιώθω μεγάλη χαρά.

What does Όταν mean here, and is it more like “when” or “whenever”?

Όταν can mean both “when” and “whenever”, depending on context.

In this sentence:

Όταν κερδίζω, νιώθω μεγάλη χαρά.
When(ever) I win, I feel great joy.

the meaning is habitual: every time / whenever I win. So in natural English you’d often translate it as:

• “Whenever I win, I feel great joy.”

If you were talking about one specific future situation (“when I win this one time”), you’d normally change the verb tense in Greek (see also the later question on όταν κερδίσω).

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Why are the verbs κερδίζω and νιώθω in the present tense if in English we might say “when I win, I will feel…”?