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Αν means if. It introduces the condition:
- Αν δεν βρω ψωμί στο παντοπωλείο = If I don’t find bread at the grocery store
This is a very common way to make if-sentences in Greek.
After αν in a sentence like this, Greek often uses the perfective non-past form of the verb, which here is βρω from βρίσκω (to find).
So:
- βρίσκω = I find / I am finding
- βρω = find, as a single complete event, in a context like if, when, etc.
In this sentence, βρω means something like:
- if I happen to find
- if I find
You do not normally say αν θα βρω here. Greek usually avoids θα after αν in this kind of condition.