Breakdown of Η μαμά θέλει να έχεις πάρει το πατίνι και τον χαρταετό από το αυτοκίνητο πριν φύγετε για το πάρκο.
Questions & Answers about Η μαμά θέλει να έχεις πάρει το πατίνι και τον χαρταετό από το αυτοκίνητο πριν φύγετε για το πάρκο.
Because να έχεις πάρει is the perfect subjunctive, and it emphasizes that the action must be completed before something else happens.
- να πάρεις = to take / that you take
- να έχεις πάρει = to have taken
In this sentence, the mother does not just want the action to happen at some point. She wants it to be already done before you leave:
- Η μαμά θέλει να έχεις πάρει... πριν φύγετε...
- Mom wants you to have taken ... before you leave ...
So Greek uses the perfect form here to show completed action before another future action.
It has three parts:
- να = subjunctive marker
- έχεις = you have
- πάρει = participle-like perfect form of παίρνω (take)
So:
- να έχεις πάρει = that you have taken / to have taken
This is the normal way Greek forms the perfect subjunctive:
- να
- form of έχω
- perfect stem/form of the verb
- form of έχω
For example: