Μην παρεξηγήσεις αυτό που είπα· ήμουν κουρασμένος, όχι θυμωμένος.

Because Greek uses μη(ν) to make a negative command or warning. In this sentence, Μην παρεξηγήσεις... means Don’t misunderstand... or Don’t take this the wrong way...

A useful contrast is:

• δεν = negates statements
• μην = negates commands, wishes, or subjunctive forms

So you say:

• Δεν είπα αυτό = I didn’t say that
• Μην το πεις = Don’t say it

It is the 2nd person singular aorist subjunctive of παρεξηγώ (to misunderstand, to take the wrong way).

Here, with μην, it functions as a negative command:

• Μην παρεξηγήσεις = Don’t misunderstand / Don’t take it the wrong way

Even though it is called aorist, that does not mean past tense here.

Because in Modern Greek, the aorist subjunctive is mainly about aspect, not past time.

Here it presents the action as a single whole event: don’t misunderstand this.

Compare:

• παρεξήγησες = you misunderstood (past, indicative)
• να παρεξηγήσεις = to misunderstand / that you misunderstand (subjunctive)
• θα παρεξηγήσεις = you will misunderstand (future)
• μην παρεξηγήσεις = don’t misunderstand (negative command)

So the same basic verb form can appear with different particles and mean different things.

Because those are two different grammatical forms:

• παρεξηγήσεις = subjunctive form
• παρεξήγησες = past indicative form

They may look similar, but they do different jobs.

In this sentence, after μην, Greek needs the subjunctive, not the past tense. So Μην παρεξήγησες would be incorrect.

Literally, it is something like that thing which I said.

Breakdown:

• αυτό = this / that
• που = that / which
• είπα = I said

So αυτό που είπα is a very common Greek way to say what I said.

It is more literally structured than the English version. Greek often uses this kind of pattern where English just uses what.

Yes. Ό,τι είπα can also mean what I said.

The difference is mostly stylistic:

• αυτό που είπα sounds very common and conversational
• ό,τι είπα is also correct, but can sound a little more compact or formal depending on context

In everyday speech, αυτό που είπα is extremely natural.

Because the sentence uses two different past forms for two different kinds of meaning:

• είπα = aorist → a completed action
  what I said
• ήμουν = imperfect of είμαι → an ongoing state in the past
  I was tired

So Greek is making a useful distinction:

• the speaking happened as one completed event
• the being tired was a state that existed at that time

Because adjectives in Greek agree with the person they describe in gender, number, and case.

Here the speaker is grammatically masculine singular, so the adjectives are:

• κουρασμένος = tired (masculine singular)
• θυμωμένος = angry (masculine singular)

If the speaker were female, it would be:

• ήμουν κουρασμένη, όχι θυμωμένη

Because όχι is used to negate or correct a word or phrase, especially in a contrast:

• κουρασμένος, όχι θυμωμένος = tired, not angry

By contrast, δεν is used with verbs:

• δεν ήμουν θυμωμένος = I wasn’t angry

So in this sentence, όχι is exactly right because it is contrasting two adjectives, not negating a whole verb clause.

Because Greek usually leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

• ήμουν already means I was

So Greek does not need εγώ unless the speaker wants emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Ήμουν κουρασμένος = I was tired
• Εγώ ήμουν κουρασμένος = I was the one who was tired / I was tired with extra emphasis

It is the Greek ano teleia.

In English punctuation, it works roughly like a semicolon or sometimes a colon. It marks a pause stronger than a comma.

So here:

• Μην παρεξηγήσεις αυτό που είπα· ήμουν κουρασμένος, όχι θυμωμένος.

means the second part explains or clarifies the first.

Also, it is important not to confuse this with the Greek question mark:

• Greek question mark = ;
• Greek ano teleia = ·

Not completely. Greek word order is fairly flexible, and changes in order often affect emphasis more than basic meaning.

This version sounds natural because it builds to the correction:

• ήμουν κουρασμένος, όχι θυμωμένος

The contrast lands strongly on όχι θυμωμένος.

If you changed the order, the sentence could still be grammatical, but the emphasis would feel different.