Mar 7, 2009 15:54
15 yrs ago
Greek term
Greece
"Ο πατέρας μου αποφάσισε με το έτσι θέλω να κρατήσει τα παιδιά"
Greek to English
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I don't understand the relationships of the verbs here
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | my father decided just like that to keep the children |
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my father decided just like that to keep the children
Various ways you could put this.
με το έτσι θέλω is a set phrase, literally "with the I want it so", i.e. high-handedly, without so much as an if-you-please.
Take out this phrase, and you're left with Ο πατέρας μου αποφάσισε ... να κρατήσει, so you can see clearly that να follows on from αποφάσισε.
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Note added at 11 mins (2009-03-07 16:06:09 GMT)
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"so" in the sense of "thus", of course, rather than "so much".
έτσι θέλω - "thus I wish"... sounds autocratic.
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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-07 16:37:17 GMT)
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"without so much as a by-your-leave" - that's another rendering of με το έτσι θέλω.
με το έτσι θέλω is a set phrase, literally "with the I want it so", i.e. high-handedly, without so much as an if-you-please.
Take out this phrase, and you're left with Ο πατέρας μου αποφάσισε ... να κρατήσει, so you can see clearly that να follows on from αποφάσισε.
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Note added at 11 mins (2009-03-07 16:06:09 GMT)
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"so" in the sense of "thus", of course, rather than "so much".
έτσι θέλω - "thus I wish"... sounds autocratic.
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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-07 16:37:17 GMT)
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"without so much as a by-your-leave" - that's another rendering of με το έτσι θέλω.
Note from asker:
| Thanks again - and the character IS an autocrat! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks - that is just what I thought but that "thelo" threw me!"
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