Tenses And Moods Flashcards
what tense stem is λυ?
PRESENT TENSE
- Denotes something happening at the present time.
FUTURE
λυσ- future action
IMPERFECT
ε’λυ- speaks to the past just like a AORIST. denotes an action somewhat extended in time.
EXAMPLE: I was walking to the store.
Every day I walked to a store.
I used to walk to the store.
AORIST-Tense Stem
έλύσ- past action as with imperfect but used to simply state that an action has happened.
EXAMPLE: I walked to the store.
Which is the “default” past tense:
AORIST OR IMPERFECT?
AORIST
Indicative mood is used to express…
A statement or a question
PRESENT FUTURE IMPERFECT AORIST All these occur in the\_\_\_\_\_mood?
Indicative
Which of these tenses also occur in the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD?
PRESENT
FUTURE
IMPERFECT
AORIST
PRESENT and AORIST
The only mood in which a verb can be negated with the use of ού is…
Indicative
All other moods…
IMPERATIVE, INFINITIVE, SUBJUNCTIVE, PARTICIPLE… are negated by using which word?
μή
INFINITIVE mood
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This verbal mood expresses a possibility, probability, exhortation, or axiomatic concept;
Subjunctive
This subjunctive tense is built on the present tense stem and indicates a continuous action;
the imperfective subjunctive
This subjunctive tense built on the unaugmented aorist tense stem and indicates an undefined action;
the perfective subjunctive
THE SIGN OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD IS
the lengthened connecting vowel (e.g., λύωμεν). The endings are the same in both the present and the aorist.
Subjunctive is the mood of
Probability or Possibility
Because the _________mood is out of the realm of time there are only two tenses.
Subjunctive
Subjunctive expresses these 2 aspects
Continuous subjunctive
And The Undefined subjunctive 
Subjunctives are either formed on these two stems…
- PRESENT
2. AORIST
Subjunctive lengthening vowels
Ο lengthens to
ε lengthens to
ω
η
INDICATIVE: λύομεν We are loosing
SUBJUNCTIVE: λύ-ωμεν We (might) continue to loose
INDICATIVE: λύετε Y’all are loosing
SUBJUNCTIVE: λύ-ητε Y’all (might) continue loosing
When parsing Subjunctive use
may or might
Undefined subjunctive
λύσωμην
AORIST ACTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
λύσωμην
What tense Stem is λύς
FUTURE
Imperfect Tense Stem
έλυ
