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Because Greek usually forms a negative command with:
- μη(ν)
- subjunctive form
So:
- ξεχνάω = I forget / I am forgetting
- να ξεχάσεις = that you forget / for you to forget (subjunctive form)
- μην ξεχάσεις = don’t forget
This is very common in Modern Greek.
Greek does not normally use the plain imperative with δεν to make a negative command.
Compare:
- Ξέχνα το. = Forget it.
- Μην το ξεχάσεις. = Don’t forget it.
So Μην ξεχάσεις is the normal, idiomatic way to say don’t forget.
Ξεχάσεις is the 2nd person singular aorist subjunctive form of ξεχνάω / ξεχνώ.
In this sentence, that matters because the speaker is talking to one person:
- (εσύ) μην ξεχάσεις = don’t forget (said to one person)
Why the aorist here?
In commands, the aorist often refers to a single complete action, not an ongoing one. So μην ξεχάσεις means:
- make sure you do not forget
If you were speaking to more than one person, you would say:
- Μην ξεχάσετε = Don’t forget (plural / polite singular)