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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.