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παραλίγο να + verb means almost or I nearly...
So:
- Παραλίγο να ξεχάσω... = I almost forgot...
It usually describes something that came very close to happening, but in the end did not happen.
Modern Greek does not use an infinitive the way English does. After να, Greek uses a finite verb form called the subjunctive.
So instead of something like to forget, Greek says:
- να ξεχάσω
Here, ξεχάσω is the perfective/aorist subjunctive form of ξεχνάω / ξεχνώ.
Why that form here?
Because the speaker is talking about one whole event: forgetting the belt. Greek prefers the perfective form for a single completed action viewed as a whole.