Perfect Tense Flashcards
In the perfect tense, verbs starting with a consonant normally take what?
a reduplication consisting of the first consonant + ε
In the perfect tense, do verbs starting with a vowel take a reduplication?
No - they take an augment just like in the imperfect and the aorist
Do verbs starting with double consonants (ξ, ψ, ζ) reduplicate in the perfect tense?
No - they take an epsilon augment
Do verbs starting with more than two consonants reduplicate in the perfect tense?
No - they take an epsilon augment
How do verbs starting with χ, or φ or θ reduplicate in the perfect tense?
They reduplicate the hard equivalent of the first letter (κ, π, τ respectively)
How is the perfect tense ending formed?
with a κ right after the stem followed by the correct verb ending
When the stem of a verb ends in a consonant, how does κ change (in terms of the perfect tense) (4)
- if the stem ends in a vowel you just add κ
- if the stem ends in φ (labial) it becomes φ
- if the stem ends in κ (gutteral) it becomes χ
- if the stem ends in θ (dental) it becomes κ
What are the endings for verbs in the perfect tense?
- κα
- κας
- κε
- καμεν
- κατε
- κασι(ν)
change λυω into perfect tense
λελυκα
change γραφω into the perfect tense
γεγραφα
change διωκω into the perfect tense
δεδιωχα
change πειθω into the perfect tense
πεπεικα
Conjugate λυω in the perfect tense
- λελυκα
- λελυκας
- λελυκε
- λελυκαμεν
- λελυκατε
- λελυκασι(ν)
Conjugate παυω in the perfect tense
- πεπαυκα
- πεπαυκας
- πεπαυκε
- πεπαυκαμεν
- πεπαυκατε
- πεπαυκασι(ν)
