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What does Με το που mean here, and how is it different from όταν or μόλις?
Με το που + verb is a very common colloquial pattern meaning as soon as / the moment that. It emphasizes immediacy: the second action happens right away after the first one finishes.
- όταν = when (neutral, can be less immediate)
- μόλις = as soon as (also common; can be slightly more neutral/formal than με το που)
So Με το που τελειώσει… feels like The moment the video call ends…
Why is the verb τελειώσει and not τελειώνει?
Because after με το που you normally use the subjunctive (introduced implicitly, without writing να).
- τελειώσει is aorist subjunctive, 3rd person singular of τελειώνω (to finish/end). It refers to a single completed event: the call ends (once).
- τελειώνει would be present indicative (it is ending / it ends habitually), which doesn’t fit this “as soon as X happens” structure.
How can there be subjunctive here if there is no να?
Greek has a few set expressions that trigger the subjunctive without showing να. Με το που is one of them. Functionally, you can think of it as behaving a bit like με το να… (though you don’t actually say that here). The subjunctive is “built into” the expression.