1a. εἰμί (I am) Greek to English in order

Question 1

Translate the following forms of εἰμί (I am), or identify the forms, or both. Note that in some cases (subjunctives, optatives) translations are only approximate.

There exist future optative forms (ἐσοίμην etc) but they are rare, regular, and untranslatable to they have been omitted.

Question 2

εἰμί

εἶ

ἐστί

Answer 2

I am

you (singular) are

he/she/it is

present indicative singular, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 3

ἐστόν

ἐστόν

Answer 3

you (two) are

they (two) are

present indicative dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 4

ἐσμέν

ἐστέ

εἰσί

Answer 4

we are

you (plural) are

they are

present indicative plural, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 5

ἦ or ἦν

ἦσθα

ἦν

Answer 5

I was

you (singular) were

he/she/it was

imperfect singular, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 6

ἦστον

ἦστον

Answer 6

you (two) were

they (two) were

imperfect dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 7

ἦμεν

ἦτε or ἦστε (rare)

ἦσαν

Answer 7

we were

you (plural) were

they were

imperfect plural, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 8

εἶναι

Answer 8

to be

present infinitive

Question 9

ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν

(gen. ὄντος, οὔσης, ὄντος κτλ.)

Answer 9

being

present participle

Question 10

ἴσθι

ἔστω

Answer 10

(you singular) be!

have him/her/it be!

present imperative singular, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 11

ἔστον

ἔστων

Answer 11

(you two) be!

have those two be!

present imperative dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 12

ἔστε

ἔστων

Answer 12

(you plural) be!

have them be!

present imperative plural, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 13

ὦ

ᾖς

ᾖ

Answer 13

I may be

you (singular) may be

he/she/it may be

present subjunctive singular, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 14

ἦτον

ἦτον

Answer 14

you (two) may be

they (two) may be

present subjunctive dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 15

ὦμεν

ἦτε

ὦσι

Answer 15

we may be

you (plural) may be

they may be

present subjunctive plural, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 16

εἴην

εἴης

εἴη

Answer 16

I might be

you (singular) might be

he/she/it might be

present optative singular, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 17

εἴητον or εἶτον

εἰήτην or εἴτην

Answer 17

you (two) might be

they (two) might be

present optative dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 18

εἴημεν or εἶμεν

εἴητε or εἴτε

εἴησαν or εἴεν

Answer 18

we might be

you (plural) might be,

they might be

present optative plural, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 19

ἔσομαι

ἔσῃ or ἔσει

ἔσται

Answer 19

I will be

you (singular) will be

he/she/it will be

future indicative singular, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 20

ἔσεσθον

ἔσεσθον

Answer 20

you (two) will be

they (two) will be

future indicative dual, 2nd and 3rd persons

Question 21

ἐσόμεθα

ἔσεσθε

ἔσονται

Answer 21

we will be

you (plural) will be

they will be

future indicative plural, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons

Question 22

ἔσεσθαι

Answer 22

to be about to be

future infinitive

Question 23

ἐσόμενος, ἐσομένη, ἐσόμενον

Answer 23

going to be

future participle