Θέλω να υποβάλω το αίτημα σήμερα, ώστε να μην περιμένω όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα για απάντηση.

In Greek, when one verb is followed by another verb meaning what someone wants, can, must, tries, etc. to do, the second verb usually appears in a να-clause.

So:

• Θέλω = I want
• να υποβάλω = to submit / that I submit

Greek does not normally use an English-style infinitive here. So you say:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω... = I want to submit...

not a direct equivalent of I want submit.

This is an aspect question.

• υποβάλλω is the basic dictionary form: I submit / am submitting
• υποβάλω is the perfective subjunctive form used after να

Here, the speaker is talking about one complete action: submitting the request once, today. That is why Greek uses the perfective form:

• να υποβάλω = to submit / to make the submission

If the focus were on an ongoing or repeated process, Greek would use the imperfective form instead. But here the action is a single completed event.

After να, Greek chooses between perfective and imperfective aspect.

Here, περιμένω is the imperfective form, and that fits the meaning well because waiting is seen as a duration, not as a single completed act.

• να μην περιμένω όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα = so that I won’t be waiting the whole next week

So the contrast is:

• να υποβάλω → one complete act
• να μην περιμένω → an ongoing situation

That aspect contrast is very natural in Greek.

Because μη(ν) is the normal negative particle used with:

• να
• imperatives
• some non-indicative structures

Since περιμένω is inside a να-clause, the negative must be μην:

• να μην περιμένω = not to wait / so that I won’t wait

By contrast, δεν is used for ordinary statements in the indicative:

• Δεν περιμένω = I am not waiting / I don’t wait

So:

• δεν → indicative statements
• μη(ν) → subjunctive and related structures

ώστε να means so that, in order that, or with the result that, depending on context.

In this sentence, it expresses purpose:

• ώστε να μην περιμένω... = so that I don’t have to wait...

It connects the two ideas:

1. I want to submit the request today
2. the purpose is to avoid waiting all next week for an answer

A close alternative in Greek would be για να. In many everyday contexts, για να and ώστε να can both translate as so that / in order to, though ώστε να can sound a bit more formal or structured.

Because ώστε να μην περιμένω... is a subordinate clause explaining the purpose/result of the first clause.

Greek often separates this kind of clause with a comma:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω το αίτημα σήμερα, ώστε να μην περιμένω...

This is similar to how English may write:

• I want to submit the request today, so that I don’t have to wait...

You may also see some punctuation variation in real-life writing, but the comma here is very normal.

Not exactly, though they can overlap.

• το αίτημα = the request
• η αίτηση = the application or the formal form/application

So αίτημα often focuses more on the request itself, while αίτηση often refers to the official application/document.

Depending on context, either could be possible, but they are not always interchangeable.

In this sentence, το αίτημα is perfectly natural if the speaker means the request in a fairly general or administrative sense.

Because they all have to agree with εβδομάδα, which is:

• feminine
• singular
• accusative

Here is the breakdown:

• όλη = whole / all
• την = the
• επόμενη = next / following
• εβδομάδα = week

Together:

• όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα = the whole next week / all of next week

They are in the accusative because this expression functions as a time duration phrase: how long the waiting would last.

Compare:

• μια εβδομάδα = for a week
• όλη την εβδομάδα = all week
• όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα = all next week

Yes, Greek word order is fairly flexible.

This sentence says:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω το αίτημα σήμερα...

That is a very natural order: verb + object + time expression.

But Greek could also move σήμερα for emphasis:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω σήμερα το αίτημα...
• Σήμερα θέλω να υποβάλω το αίτημα...

These all mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis shifts slightly:

• σήμερα later in the sentence = neutral
• σήμερα earlier = stronger emphasis on today

Literally, για απάντηση means for an answer or for a reply.

In context:

• περιμένω ... για απάντηση = wait for an answer

Greek often uses για where English uses for after verbs like wait:

• Περιμένω για νέα. = I’m waiting for news.
• Περιμένω για απάντηση. = I’m waiting for an answer.

In everyday Greek, people may also say things in other ways, such as:

• περιμένω απάντηση = I’m waiting for an answer

So για is natural here, but it is not the only possible structure.

In natural English, all next week is usually the best translation.

Greek:

• όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα

can be translated as:

• all next week
• the whole of next week
• the entire next week

The most natural English choice depends on style, but all next week is probably the most idiomatic in everyday English.

Modern Greek has mostly lost the old infinitive as a normal everyday verb form. Instead, it usually uses:

• να + verb

So where English says:

• I want to submit
• so as not to wait

Greek says:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω
• ώστε να μην περιμένω

This is one of the biggest structural differences between English and Greek.

Yes, very often it could.

For example:

• Θέλω να υποβάλω το αίτημα σήμερα, για να μην περιμένω όλη την επόμενη εβδομάδα για απάντηση.

This would also mean:

• I want to submit the request today so that I don’t have to wait all next week for an answer.

The difference is mainly one of tone:

• για να is very common and everyday
• ώστε να can sound a bit more formal, careful, or written

Both are correct here.

Yes, this is a common learner difficulty.

The verb is:

• υποβάλλω = I submit

But after να, the perfective form becomes:

• να υποβάλω

So the verb changes shape rather than just adding something predictable to the present stem.

This is normal in Greek. Many verbs have one stem for the imperfective/present system and another for the perfective system. It is best to learn them as pairs:

• υποβάλλω / να υποβάλω

rather than trying to guess every form from the dictionary form alone.

Yes.

Greek usually does not need to state the subject pronoun because the verb ending already shows the person.

So:

• Θέλω = I want
• υποβάλω = I submit
• περιμένω = I wait

The same subject, I, is understood throughout the sentence.

Greek could say εγώ for emphasis, but it is not necessary:

• Εγώ θέλω να υποβάλω... = I want to submit... with extra emphasis on I