Learn Hardcore Greek: Θέλεις να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο και μετά να πάμε για καφέ; - Do you want us to stop first at the greengrocer’s and then go for coffee?

Breakdown of Θέλεις να περάσουμε πρώτα από το μανάβικο και μετά να πάμε για καφέ;

Why does the sentence start with Θέλεις meaning you want, but then use verb forms that mean we?

Because Greek often uses θέλω/θέλεις να + first-person plural to make a suggestion that includes both the speaker and the listener.

So Θέλεις να περάσουμε... και να πάμε...; is literally something like:

Do you want us to stop by... and go...?

But in natural English, that usually becomes:

Do you want to stop by... and then go...?
or
Shall we stop by... and then go...?

So the idea is: you are being asked whether we both should do something.

What does να do here, and why is it used twice?

Να introduces the verb forms used after verbs like θέλω and in many kinds of suggestions, intentions, and possibilities.

Here you have two actions:

So να appears before each verb phrase.

A good way to think of it is:

In English we do not have a direct equivalent word for να, so learners often just learn it as part of the pattern.

Why are the forms περάσουμε and πάμε used instead of something like περνάμε or πηγαίνουμε?