Αποπαρασιτώνω τον σκύλο.

the dog

Breakdown of Αποπαρασιτώνω τον σκύλο.

• αποπαρασιτώνω: to deworm

Questions & Answers about Αποπαρασιτώνω τον σκύλο.

What does the verb ending -ω in Αποπαρασιτώνω tell me?

The ending -ω here tells you the verb is 1st person singular, present tense: I ...

So Αποπαρασιτώνω means I deparasite / I treat for parasites.

This is the usual dictionary form for many Modern Greek verbs, so if you look the verb up, you would normally find it under αποπαρασιτώνω.

A useful comparison:

• αποπαρασιτώνω = I deparasite
• αποπαρασιτώνεις = you deparasite
• αποπαρασιτώνει = he/she/it deparasites

Greek often leaves out the subject pronoun because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

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Why is it τον σκύλο and not ο σκύλος?

Because τον σκύλο is the direct object of the verb.

In this sentence, the dog is the thing receiving the action, not the thing doing it. Greek marks that with the accusative case:

• ο σκύλος = the dog as the subject
• τον σκύλο = the dog as the object

So:

• Ο σκύλος τρέχει. = The dog runs.
• Αποπαρασιτώνω τον σκύλο. = I deparasite the dog.

This is one of the most important patterns in Greek: the article and often the noun form change depending on the noun’s role in the sentence.

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Why does σκύλος become σκύλο?