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Γιατρός is a masculine noun in Greek meaning doctor. In the nominative singular (the form used for the subject of the sentence), masculine nouns take the definite article ο.
So:
- ο γιατρός = the doctor (subject)
- If it were the object, it would be τον γιατρό (accusative), e.g. Βλέπω τον γιατρό – I see the doctor.
Κοιτάει is 3rd person singular, present tense, of the verb κοιτάω (to look at / to examine).
Modern Greek verbs in -άω often have two parallel forms in the present:
- κοιτάω / κοιτάω → he/she looks:
- κοιτάει (more “full” form)
- κοιτά (shorter, very common in speech)
Both κοιτάει and κοιτά are correct and mean the same thing: he looks (at).
Κοιτάζει is from another verb, κοιτάζω, which is very close in meaning and often interchangeable here:
- Ο γιατρός κοιτάει το αυτί μου…
- Ο γιατρός κοιτά το αυτί μου…
- Ο γιατρός κοιτάζει το αυτί μου…