Ό,τι κι αν λες, δεν αλλάζω την απόφασή μου.

not

Breakdown of Ό,τι κι αν λες, δεν αλλάζω την απόφασή μου.

• μου: my
• αλλάζω: to change
• λέω: to say

Questions & Answers about Ό,τι κι αν λες, δεν αλλάζω την απόφασή μου.

What does Ό,τι mean here, and why is it written with a comma?

Here Ό,τι means whatever or anything that.

The comma helps distinguish it from ότι, which usually means that.

• ό,τι = whatever / anything that
• ότι = that

So in this sentence, Ό,τι κι αν λες means something like whatever you say.

What does κι αν add to the sentence?

κι αν gives the phrase a concessive meaning: no matter what, even if, whatever.

So:

• Ό,τι λες would be more like what you say
• Ό,τι κι αν λες becomes whatever you say / no matter what you say

This is a very common Greek pattern:

• όπου κι αν πας = wherever you go
• όποιος κι αν είναι = whoever he/she may be
• ό,τι κι αν κάνεις = whatever you do

Why is it κι and not και?

κι is just the shortened form of και.

Before a word starting with a vowel, Greek very often uses κι instead of και, especially in natural everyday speech and writing.

So these are equivalent:

• ό,τι κι αν λες
• ό,τι και αν λες

The version with κι sounds very normal and smooth.