Μην πατήσεις αποστολή ακόμα, λείπει το συνημμένο.

Don't press send yet, the attachment is missing.

Breakdown of Μην πατήσεις αποστολή ακόμα, λείπει το συνημμένο.

• μην: not
• ακόμα: yet
• λείπω: to be missing
• το συνημμένο: the attachment

Questions & Answers about Μην πατήσεις αποστολή ακόμα, λείπει το συνημμένο.

Why does the sentence start with μην and not δεν?

Because μην is used for negative commands and negative subjunctive forms in Greek.

Here, Μην πατήσεις... means Don’t press/click...

Compare:

• Δεν πατάς αποστολή. = You are not pressing send / You don’t press send
• Μην πατήσεις αποστολή. = Don’t press send

So a very common pattern is:

• Μην + verb = Don’t ...

For example:

• Μην φύγεις. = Don’t leave.
• Μην το κάνεις. = Don’t do it.

Why is it πατήσεις and not πατάς or πάτα?

Πατήσεις is the form used here because Greek often uses the subjunctive/perfective stem after μην for a negative command referring to a single completed action.

So:

• Μην πατήσεις = Don’t press/click (don’t do that one action)

This is different from:

• πατάς = you press / you are pressing
• πάτα = press! (affirmative imperative, informal singular)

A useful contrast is:

• Πάτα αποστολή. = Press send.
• Μην πατήσεις αποστολή. = Don’t press send.

Greek often prefers μην + subjunctive form for negative commands rather than a special negative imperative.

What exactly does mean here?