Breakdown of Μπορείς να φας ό,τι θέλεις στη γιορτή, δεν είναι πολύ αλμυρό.
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Word by word:
- Μπορείς = you can / you are able (2nd person singular of μπορώ)
- να φας = to eat (literally: that you eat; φας is the aorist subjunctive of τρώω, “I eat”)
- ό,τι = whatever / anything that
- θέλεις = you want (2nd person singular of θέλω)
- στη = at / in the (contraction of σε
- τη)
- γιορτή = celebration / name day / party
- δεν είναι = it is not
- πολύ = very / not very
- αλμυρό = salty (neuter singular form of the adjective αλμυρός)
So structurally:
Μπορείς να φας
→ You can eat
ό,τι θέλεις
→ whatever you want
στη γιορτή, δεν είναι πολύ αλμυρό.
→ at the party, it’s not very salty.
Both are from τρώω (to eat), but they express different aspect:
- να φας = aorist subjunctive → focuses on the completed action (“to eat (once / as an event)”)
- να τρως = present subjunctive → focuses on ongoing / repeated action (“to be eating / to keep eating”)