Αν είχα διαβάσει περισσότερο, θα είχα πάρει ακόμα καλύτερο βαθμό.

to have

Breakdown of Αν είχα διαβάσει περισσότερο, θα είχα πάρει ακόμα καλύτερο βαθμό.

• θα: will
• αν: if
• διαβάζω: to read

Questions & Answers about Αν είχα διαβάσει περισσότερο, θα είχα πάρει ακόμα καλύτερο βαθμό.

Why does the sentence use είχα διαβάσει and θα είχα πάρει? What kind of conditional is this?

This is a third conditional (unreal past condition), like English:

• If I had studied more, I would have gotten an even better grade.

Greek shows the “unreal past” with the past perfect in both parts:

• Αν είχα διαβάσει περισσότερο
  If I had studied more (but I didn’t)

• θα είχα πάρει ακόμα καλύτερο βαθμό
  I would have gotten an even better grade (but I didn’t)

So είχα διαβάσει / θα είχα πάρει correspond to had studied / would have gotten.

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What tense is είχα διαβάσει and how is it formed?

Είχα διαβάσει is the past perfect (υπερσυντέλικος).

It’s formed with:

• the auxiliary είχα (I had)
• plus the non‑past aorist stem (often called “perfective infinitive/participle” in learner materials), here διαβάσει.

So:

• είχα διαβάσει = I had read / I had studied
• είχα πάρει = I had taken / I had gotten

In this sentence, both verbs in the conditional use the past perfect to express an unreal situation in the past.

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