Η γιατρός κοίταξε το μέτωπό της και μετά το πηγούνι της.

The doctor looked at her forehead and then her chin.

Breakdown of Η γιατρός κοίταξε το μέτωπό της και μετά το πηγούνι της.

• και: and
• μετά: then
• η γιατρός: the doctor
• της: her

Questions & Answers about Η γιατρός κοίταξε το μέτωπό της και μετά το πηγούνι της.

Why is it Η γιατρός and not a noun with a clearly feminine ending?

Because γιατρός is one of those Greek profession nouns that can refer to either a man or a woman. The article shows the gender here:

• ο γιατρός = the (male) doctor
• η γιατρός = the (female) doctor

So in this sentence, Η γιατρός tells you the doctor is female.

Also, although some speakers may use γιατρίνα, the standard neutral form in many contexts is still η γιατρός for a woman.

What tense is κοίταξε?

Κοίταξε is the aorist tense, third person singular, from κοιτάζω / κοιτάω.

Here it means something like:

• she looked at
• she examined

The aorist presents the action as a single completed event in the past.

Compare:

• κοίταξε = looked / took a look at
• κοίταζε = was looking at / kept looking at

So this sentence describes a sequence of completed actions.

Why is there no Greek word for at after κοίταξε?

Because κοιτάζω in Greek normally takes a direct object, not a preposition.

So Greek says:

• κοίταξε το μέτωπο
  literally: looked the forehead

But natural English needs:

• looked at the forehead

This is very common when learning Greek: the verb pattern is different from English, even though the meaning is the same.