Breakdown of Έχοντας αφήσει το κινητό στο σπίτι, ένιωσα περίεργα στην αρχή, αλλά μετά ηρέμησα.
Questions & Answers about Έχοντας αφήσει το κινητό στο σπίτι, ένιωσα περίεργα στην αρχή, αλλά μετά ηρέμησα.
It means having left.
This is a very common Greek way to show that one action happened before the action in the main clause.
- Έχοντας = having
- αφήσει = left
So:
- Έχοντας αφήσει το κινητό στο σπίτι = Having left my phone at home
The idea is: first I left the phone at home, then I felt strange.
It is a participial construction.
- έχοντας comes from έχω = to have
- αφήσει is the form used after έχω / έχοντας to express a completed action
Together, έχοντας + [verb form] often means having done something.
Examples:
- Έχοντας φάει = having eaten
- Έχοντας τελειώσει = having finished
- Έχοντας αφήσει = having left
You do not need to translate it word-for-word as having have left. As a whole, it simply means having left.