Μόλις έρθει η έγκριση, το αίτημα δεν θα εκκρεμεί πια.

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Breakdown of Μόλις έρθει η έγκριση, το αίτημα δεν θα εκκρεμεί πια.

• έρχομαι: to come
• θα: will
• πια: anymore

Questions & Answers about Μόλις έρθει η έγκριση, το αίτημα δεν θα εκκρεμεί πια.

What does μόλις mean here?

Here μόλις means as soon as.

So:

• Μόλις έρθει η έγκριση = As soon as the approval arrives / once the approval comes

This is a very common use of μόλις in time clauses about the future.

Be careful, because μόλις can also mean just in other contexts:

• Μόλις έφτασα. = I just arrived.

So the exact meaning depends on the structure of the sentence.

Why is it έρθει and not έρχεται or θα έρθει?

Because after μόλις in this kind of future time clause, Greek normally uses the subjunctive form, not a normal present or a separate future.

So:

• μόλις έρθει = as soon as it comes / arrives

Here έρθει is the aorist subjunctive of έρχομαι.

Why not the others?

• μόλις έρχεται would sound wrong here, because έρχεται is present indicative and does not fit this future time-clause pattern.
• μόλις θα έρθει is also not the normal structure. After μόλις, Greek does not usually add θα in this use.

So the pattern to remember is:

• μόλις + subjunctive

For example:

• Μόλις τελειώσει, θα φύγουμε. = As soon as it finishes / once he finishes, we’ll leave.

Why is there no να before έρθει if this is subjunctive?