Η μαμά της με βάζει να κρατήσω το δαχτυλίδι και τη βέρα, για να μην τα ξεχάσουν.

Η μαμά της means her mother.

In Greek, της here is a weak possessive form meaning her. Literally, it is something like the mother of her, but in natural English we say her mother.

• η μαμά = the mother / mom
• της = her

So:

• η μαμά της = her mom

This little possessive word comes after the noun in Greek, which is different from English.

με means me.

It is the object of the verb βάζει:

• με = me
• βάζει = puts / makes / has

So με βάζει here means something like:

• she makes me
• she has me
• she gets me to

In this sentence, Η μαμά της με βάζει... means Her mother makes me / has me...

That is a very common learner question.

Yes, βάζω often means put in a physical sense. But in the pattern βάζω κάποιον να + verb, it means:

• make someone do something
• have someone do something
• get someone to do something

So:

• με βάζει να κρατήσω = she makes me hold / she has me hold

This is a very common Greek structure.

Examples:

• Με βάζει να διαβάσω. = She makes me study.
• Τον έβαλα να περιμένει. = I made him wait.

After βάζω κάποιον να..., Greek usually uses the subjunctive, introduced by να.

Here, κρατήσω is the aorist subjunctive form of κρατάω / κρατώ.

• να κρατήσω does not mean past tense here
• it means the action is viewed as a whole: to hold / to take charge of holding

Greek often chooses:

• aorist subjunctive for a single, complete action
• present subjunctive for an ongoing or repeated action

So:

• να κρατήσω = to hold as one task or event
• να κρατάω would sound more like to be holding / to hold continuously

In this sentence, the mother is assigning a task, so να κρατήσω is very natural.

Both can be translated as ring, but they are not exactly the same.

• το δαχτυλίδι = ring in a general sense
• η βέρα = specifically a wedding ring / wedding band

So the sentence is talking about two different rings, probably for a wedding ceremony:

• the ring
• the wedding band

That is why both are mentioned.

Both are possible.

The full form of the feminine accusative singular article is την. But before a consonant, Greek very often drops the final -ν, especially in everyday language.

So:

• την βέρα = correct
• τη βέρα = also correct, and very common

You will often see the shorter form in modern Greek writing and speech.

για να usually means in order to / so that.

When you add μην, it becomes negative:

• για να = so that
• για να μην = so that ... not / so that ... don’t

So here:

• για να μην τα ξεχάσουν = so that they don’t forget them

This is a very common pattern in Greek:

• για να φύγω = so that I can leave / in order to leave
• για να μην αργήσω = so that I won’t be late

Because τα refers to both objects together.

When Greek uses a pronoun for a mixed group of things, it often uses the neuter plural.

Here the two items are:

• το δαχτυλίδι = neuter
• τη βέρα = feminine

Together, they are referred to as:

• τα = them

So:

• για να μην τα ξεχάσουν = so that they don’t forget them

This is very natural in Greek.

ξεχάσουν means they forget in the subjunctive after μην.

So the sentence says:

• so that they don’t forget them

The subject is not named directly, but it is understood from context. It probably refers to the people involved in the event, such as the couple or the people handling the ceremony.

Greek often leaves the subject unspoken when it is clear from context.

So ξεχάσουν is third person plural because the speaker means they, not I, you, or she.

The comma separates the main idea from the purpose clause.

Main clause:

• Η μαμά της με βάζει να κρατήσω το δαχτυλίδι και τη βέρα

Purpose clause:

• για να μην τα ξεχάσουν

So the second part explains why the mother has the speaker hold the rings:

• Her mother has me hold the ring and the wedding band, so that they don’t forget them.

In English, this comma may or may not be used depending on style, but in Greek it is common to separate this kind of added explanatory purpose phrase.

No. This is another very important point.

Although κρατήσω comes from the aorist stem, after να it is not past tense.

Greek tense forms after να often express aspect, not past vs. present time.

So:

• να κρατήσω = that I hold / to hold as a complete action
• it does not mean I held

If Greek wanted a past meaning, the sentence would need a different structure, not just να κρατήσω by itself.

Yes. Even if the meaning is already known, it helps to see how flexible the Greek is.

Possible natural English versions include:

• Her mom has me hold the ring and the wedding band so they won’t forget them.
• Her mother makes me keep the ring and the wedding band so they don’t forget them.
• Her mom gets me to hold onto the ring and the wedding band so they won’t forget them.

The Greek structure is quite natural, but English may choose different verbs such as:

• make
• have
• get
• keep

depending on the tone and context.