Έβαλες ερωτηματικό αντί για τελεία, αλλά δεν πειράζει.

You put a question mark instead of a period, but it doesn’t matter.

Breakdown of Έβαλες ερωτηματικό αντί για τελεία, αλλά δεν πειράζει.

• δεν: not
• αλλά: but
• βάζω: to put
• πειράζει: to matter

Questions & Answers about Έβαλες ερωτηματικό αντί για τελεία, αλλά δεν πειράζει.

What does Έβαλες mean here?

Έβαλες is the 2nd person singular aorist of βάζω, which means to put, to place, or in context to use/type.

So Έβαλες ερωτηματικό means: You put/used a question mark.

The aorist is used because this is seen as a completed action: you already put the punctuation mark.

Why is there no word for you in the sentence?

Greek often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• έβαλα = I put
• έβαλες = you put
• έβαλε = he/she/it put

So Έβαλες already means you put, and adding εσύ would usually only be for emphasis or contrast.

What does ερωτηματικό mean exactly?

Ερωτηματικό means question mark.

A very important Greek-specific point: in standard Greek punctuation, the question mark is written as ; rather than ?.

So:

• Greek ; = English ?
• Greek ? is not the normal standard question mark in Greek writing