"Το αγόρι προσπαθεί να πάει στο σπίτι."

Translation: The boy tries to go home.

[Pamelareynolds58]

Could you say Το αγόρι προσπαθεί να πάει σπίτι;

[troll1995]

Yes, colloquially.

[Martin517628]

What is πάει? I don't understand that form. Why isn't it πηγαίνει?

[mizinamo]

After να, using the present subjunctive (which looks like the "normal" present indicative tense in modern Greek) generally talks about repeated or habitual things.

Προσπαθεί να πηγαίνει would be something like "he keeps trying to go".

But for a one-time action, you need the aorist subjunctive -- which for πηγαίνω is να πάει.

[Martin517628]

Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ! :)

[MichaelKon877279]

But isn't πάω the alternative form of πηγαίνω ? Then πάει would just the 3rd person singular present. Or are the present form and the aorist subjunctive indentical here ?

[mizinamo]

But isn't πάω the alternative form of πηγαίνω ?

Yes.

It's the aorist stem used with present meaning.

Or are the present form and the aorist subjunctive indentical here ?

πηγαίνει can be present indicative or present subjunctive.

πάει is basically aorist subjunctive, but it can also be used as present indicative.

[appfoto]

...and the difference between "tries to" and "is trying to"?

[Lobitone]

Should "the boy tries to go into the house" be accepted?

[troll1995]

That would be Το αγόρι προσπαθεί να μπει στο σπίτι (as in "enter the house").