Greek Grammar 14 (Verb "to be")

Question 1

Identify the verb “ἦν” and translate.

Answer 1

past tense 3rd person singular. He/she/it was

Question 2

Identify the verb “εἶ” and translate.

Answer 2

present tense 2nd person singular. You are

Question 3

Identify the verb “ἦσαν” and translate.

Answer 3

past tense 3rd person plural. They were

Question 4

Identify the verb “ἦς” and translate.

Answer 4

past tense 2nd person singular. You were

Question 5

Identify the verb “ἦτε” and translate.

Answer 5

past tense 2nd person plural. You (all) were

Question 6

Identify the verb “εἰσί(ν)” and translate.

Answer 6

present tense 3rd person plural. They are

Question 7

Identify the verb “ἐσμέν” and translate.

Answer 7

present tense 1st person plural. We are

Question 8

Identify the verb “ἤμεθα” and translate.

Answer 8

less common past tense 1st person plural. We were

Question 9

Identify the verb “ἦμεν” and translate.

Answer 9

past tense 1st person plural. We were

Question 10

In the phrase “Εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ” which εί is the verb “to be” and why?

Answer 10

The word “εἶ” is the verb because it has the circumflex above it.

Question 11

Identify the verb “ἤμην” and translate.

Answer 11

past tense 1st person singular. I was

Question 12

Identify the verb “εἰμί” and translate.

Answer 12

present tense 1st person singular. I am

Question 13

Identify the verb “ἦσθα” and translate.

Answer 13

less common past tense 2nd person singular. You were

Question 14

Identify the verb “ἐστί(ν)” and translate.

Answer 14

present tense 3rd person singular. He/she/it is

Question 15

Identify the verb “ἐστέ” and translate.

Answer 15

present tense 2nd person plural. You (all) are