Lesson 26 (Paradigms and Grammar)

Question 1

What is the imperative mood used for?

Answer 1

Commands and prohibitions

Question 2

What tenses does the imperative normally occur in?

Answer 2

Present and aorist

Question 3

What numbers is the imperative used in?

Answer 3

2nd and 3rd

(Notes: not used in the first person and English has no equivalent to the third-person imperative, thus is often his translated “let him/her/it/they”)

Question 4

What word it hs imperative negated with?

Answer 4

μή

not οὐ as in the indicative

Question 5

What kind of action does the present imperative indicate?

Answer 5

Ongoing or continuous action

Question 6

What kind of action does the aorist imperative indicate?

Answer 6

Action as a whole

Question 7

What is the third singular basic ending for the active and aorist passive imperatives?

Answer 7

-τω

Question 8

What is the 2nd plural basic ending for the active and aorist passive imperatives?

Answer 8

-τε

Question 9

What is the 3rd plural basic ending for the active and aorist passive imperatives?

Answer 9

-τωσαν

Question 10

What is the 3rd singular basic ending for middle/passive imperatives?

Answer 10

-σθω

Question 11

What is the 2nd plural basic ending for middle/passive imperatives?

Answer 11

-σθε

Question 12

What is the 3rd plural basic ending for middle/passive imperatives?

Answer 12

-σθωσαν

Question 13

Parsing information for λῦε.

Answer 13

Present, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular

Question 14

Parsing information for λυέτω.

Answer 14

Present, active, imperative, 3rd person, singular

Question 15

Parsing information for λύετε.

Answer 15

Present, active, imperative, 2nd person, plural

Question 16

Parsing information for λυέτωσαν.

Answer 16

Present, active, imperative, 3rd person, plural

Question 17

Parsing information for λύου.

Answer 17

Present, middle/passive, imperative, 2nd person, singular

Question 18

Parsing information for λύεσθω.

Answer 18

Present, middle/passive, imperative, 3rd person, singular

Question 19

Parsing information for λύεσθε.

Answer 19

Present, middle/passive, imperative, 2nd person, plural

Question 20

Parsing information for λύεσθωσαν.

Answer 20

Present, middle/passive, imperative, 3rd person, plural

Question 21

Parsing information for λῦσον.

Answer 21

First aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular

Question 22

Parsing information for λυσάτω.

Answer 22

First aorist, active, imperative, 3rd person, singular

Question 23

Parsing information for λύσατε.

Answer 23

First aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, plural

Question 24

Parsing information for λυσάτωσαν.

Answer 24

First aorist, active, imperative, 3rd person, plural

Question 25

Parsing information for λῦσαι.

Answer 25

First aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd person, singular

Question 26

Parsing information for λυσάσθω.

Answer 26

First aorist, middle, imperative, 3rd person, singular

Question 27

Parsing information for λυσάσθε.

Answer 27

First aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd person, plural

Question 28

Parsing information for λυσάσθωσαν.

Answer 28

First aorist, middle, imperative, 3rd person, plural

Question 29

Parsing information for λύθητι.

Answer 29

First aorist, passive, imperative, 2nd person, singular

Question 30

Parsing information for λυθήτω

Answer 30

First aorist, passive, imperative, 3rd person, singular

Question 31

Parsing information for λύθητε

Answer 31

First aorist, passive, imperative, 2nd person, plural

Question 32

Parsing information for λυθήτωσαν

Answer 32

First aorist, passive, imperative, 3rd person, plural

Question 33

What two ways does Greek express prohibitions?

Answer 33

μή + present imperative

μή + aorist subjunctive