Present Perfect
This tense is called [present] perfect because we can see (now, in the present) the result of what has been perfected, done, carried out, achieved.
I am drunk because I have drunk too much.
μεθύω, ἄγαν γὰρ πέπωκα.
Compare the personal endings
| Present | Perfect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| drinks | Who | has drunk | ||
| πίν | ω | I | πέπωκ | α |
| πίν | εις | you (sg) | πέπωκ | ας |
| πίν | ει | he/she/it | πέπωκ | ε (ν) |
| πίν | ομεν | we | πεπώκ | αμεν |
| πίν | ετε | you (pl) | πεπώκ | ατε |
| πίν | ουσιν | they | πεπώκ | ασιν |