Grammer Rules Flashcards
Present tense verb
Verb stem + personal ending (I beleive= πιστεύ + ω)
root + 1st person singular
Future tense verb
Action in the future
I will believe
Stem + σ + personal ending
πιστεύσω
πιστεύ + σ + ω
Imperfect tense
A continuous past action
ε + stem + personal ending
επιστεύον
ε + πιστεύ + ον
Aorist Tense
Simple past action, Active voice
“ I believed”
ε + stem + σ + personal ending
επιστευσα
ε + πιστευ + σ + α
Second aorist tense
ε + stem change + personal ending
No σ suffix
λαμβάνω
έ+ λαβον
Perfect tense
Action in the past with present effect, active voice
“I have believed”
Reduplicate initial consonant + ε + stem + κ + personal ending
πεπιστευκα
π + ε + πιστευ + κ + α
Parsing verbs
In verbs there is Person, Number, Tense, Voice and Mood
1st, 2nd, 3rd person singualr
I believe, you believe, He/she/it beleives
1st, 2ns, 3rd person plural
We believe
You (all) believe
They Believe
What is present tense
Present action
What is Aorist Tense
Simple past action
Imperfect tense
Continous past action
Perfect tense
Action in the past affecting the present
Future tense
Future action
Active voice
the subject does the action of the verb (I believe)
Passive voice
the subject receives the action of the verb (I am believed)
Indicative mood
statement of fact (I believe)
Subjuctive mood
Wish or intension (I should believe)
Imperative
Command- “Believe”
Infinitive
“to beleive:
Declensions
Spelling changes of the house to indicate case, number, gender
Different cases for nouns
Nominative: case of the subject
Genitive: case of possession or source
Dative: case of indirect object
Accusative: case of the direct object
Nominative case
Case of the subject
Genititve case
Case of posession or soure
Dative case
case of indirect object
Accusative
Case of the direct object
First declension (α)
α (η)
Singular
Nom: σκοτία (f)
Gen: σκοτίας
Dat : σκοτίᾳ
Acc.: σκοτίαν
First declension: η
Singular
Nom: ἀρχή (f)
Gen: ἀρχῆς
Dat : ἀρχῇ
Acc: ἀρχήν
Second declension: ο
Singular
Nom: λόγος (m)
Gen: λόγου
Dat: λόγῳ
Acc: λόγον
Subjunctive Mood
Wish or intension
Future indicative vs Aoris Subjunctive
μαρτυρή..σ..ει: future indicative “he will testify”
μαρτυρή..σ..ῃ: aorist subjunctive “he should testify”
πιστεύ…σ…ου…σιν: future indicative “they will believe”
πιστεύ…σ…ω…σιν: aorist subjunctive “they might believe”