Δεν έχω μάθει ακόμα να φτιάχνω παζλ τόσο γρήγορα όσο ο γιος μου.

to have

Breakdown of Δεν έχω μάθει ακόμα να φτιάχνω παζλ τόσο γρήγορα όσο ο γιος μου.

• δεν: not
• να: to
• μου: my

Questions & Answers about Δεν έχω μάθει ακόμα να φτιάχνω παζλ τόσο γρήγορα όσο ο γιος μου.

Why does the sentence use Δεν έχω μάθει instead of a simpler form like δεν έμαθα or δεν μαθαίνω?

Δεν έχω μάθει means I haven’t learned / I haven’t learned how yet and focuses on the situation up to now.

• δεν έχω μάθει = I haven’t learned yet
• δεν έμαθα = I didn’t learn / I failed to learn (a past event)
• δεν μαθαίνω = I’m not learning / I don’t learn

So here Greek uses the present perfect to show that the skill has not been acquired yet.

What exactly is μάθει here?

Μάθει is the form used with έχω to build the modern Greek perfect:

• έχω μάθει = I have learned
• έχει μάθει = he/she has learned

It does not change for person; the person is shown by έχω, έχει, έχουμε, etc.

It happens to look like the form you also see after να in some contexts, but here its job is simply to help form the perfect tense.

What does ακόμα mean in this sentence?