Η βιασύνη με κάνει να κάνω λάθη.

Η is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

The noun βιασύνη (haste, hurry, rushing) is feminine, so it takes η in the nominative singular:

• η βιασύνη = the haste / the hurry

Greek uses the definite article more often than English does, including with abstract nouns. So even if English might just say Haste makes me... or Rushing makes me..., Greek naturally says Η βιασύνη...

Βιασύνη means haste, hurry, or rushing.

In this sentence, it refers to the state of being in a rush. So the idea is:

• Η βιασύνη = haste / being in a hurry / rushing

A natural English rendering could be:

• Haste makes me make mistakes.
• When I rush, I make mistakes.
• Rushing causes me to make mistakes.

So it is not just speed in a neutral sense; it has the feeling of being rushed.

Με means me.

It is the weak object pronoun, and in Greek these pronouns usually come before the verb:

• με κάνει = makes me

So:

• Η βιασύνη με κάνει... = Haste makes me...

This is normal Greek word order for object pronouns. English puts me after the verb (makes me), but Greek puts με before the verb (me makes, literally).

Because the subject is Η βιασύνη, which is third person singular.

The verb κάνω means I do / I make in its basic dictionary form. Its present tense includes:

• κάνω = I do / make
• κάνεις = you do / make
• κάνει = he/she/it does / makes

Since η βιασύνη is it grammatically, Greek uses:

• Η βιασύνη κάνει... = Haste makes...

So κάνει agrees with the subject η βιασύνη.

They belong to two different parts of the sentence.

1. κάνει goes with η βιασύνη:

   • Η βιασύνη με κάνει...
   • Haste makes me...

2. κάνω goes with the hidden subject I after να:

   • να κάνω λάθη
   • to make mistakes / that I make mistakes

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Η βιασύνη = subject
• με κάνει = makes me
• να κάνω λάθη = to make mistakes

That is why you see the same verb twice, but in different forms and with different subjects.

Να introduces a subordinate clause and is very often used where English uses to + verb, or sometimes that + clause.

After κάνω κάποιον να... (make someone do something), Greek uses να:

• με κάνει να κάνω λάθη = it makes me make mistakes

Very literally, Greek is doing something like:

• makes me that I make mistakes

But in natural English we translate it as:

• makes me make mistakes
• causes me to make mistakes

So this is a very common pattern:

• με κάνει να γελάω = it makes me laugh
• με κάνει να σκέφτομαι = it makes me think
• με κάνει να κάνω λάθη = it makes me make mistakes

Yes — and that is exactly why this can be confusing.

After να, Greek uses the subjunctive, but in many verbs the subjunctive form looks exactly like the present tense form. So:

• κάνω can mean I do / I make
• after να, να κάνω means something like that I do / for me to do / to do

In this sentence, the understood subject is I, because με κάνει means makes me:

• με κάνει να κάνω λάθη
• makes me make mistakes

So even though the form is κάνω, here it is part of the να clause, not just a plain independent statement.

Because λάθη is the plural form.

• το λάθος = the mistake
• τα λάθη = the mistakes

So:

• κάνω λάθος = I make a mistake / I am mistaken
• κάνω λάθη = I make mistakes

In this sentence, the plural is used because the meaning is general: haste causes repeated mistakes, not just one specific mistake.

Because Greek often leaves out the article when speaking in a general, indefinite sense.

So:

• κάνω λάθη = I make mistakes
• not necessarily I make the mistakes

If you said τα λάθη, it would sound more specific, like particular mistakes already known from context.

Here, the meaning is general:

• να κάνω λάθη = to make mistakes

That is the natural choice.

The given word order is the most neutral and natural:

• Η βιασύνη με κάνει να κάνω λάθη.

Greek word order is more flexible than English, but not completely free. You could move things around for emphasis, but this version is the standard one.

For example, the sentence naturally breaks down as:

• Η βιασύνη = topic/subject
• με κάνει = main verb phrase
• να κάνω λάθη = result/complement

A learner should treat this word order as the default pattern for:

• [subject] + με/σε/τον... + κάνει + να + verb

Yes, but it would change the meaning slightly.

• κάνω λάθος = I make a mistake / I’m mistaken
• κάνω λάθη = I make mistakes

So:

• Η βιασύνη με κάνει να κάνω λάθος
  = Haste makes me make a mistake / be mistaken

• Η βιασύνη με κάνει να κάνω λάθη
  = Haste makes me make mistakes

The plural λάθη sounds more natural here because the sentence is talking about a general tendency.

As a very common pattern meaning makes me do or causes me to do.

The structure is:

• κάνω κάποιον να + verb

Examples:

• Με κάνει να γελάω. = It makes me laugh.
• Με κάνει να θυμώνω. = It makes me angry / makes me get angry.
• Η βιασύνη με κάνει να κάνω λάθη. = Haste makes me make mistakes.

So instead of analyzing it word by word every time, it helps to learn με κάνει να... as a chunk meaning:

• it makes me...
• it causes me to...