Modern Greek/Lesson 08.4

= Lesson 8.4: Eating and Drinking in Greece =

The verb τρώ(γ)ω, to eat


Present tense:

Imperfect:

Past (The aorist stem is φαγ-):

Notice the έ- prefix on the past tense of all persons except first and second person plural. Example:

The verb πίνω, to drink


Present tense:

Imperfect:

Past:

Example:

(The scientific name for hemlock is conium maculatum, which is Latin for "poison hemlock." A very popular rock band in Greece during the sixties and seventies bore the name "Socrates drank the conium.")