Greek Verbs Present Tense To find the Present

Greek Verbs

Present Tense To find the Present Stem of any verb, simply remove the -ω ending from the first principle part. κελεύω κελεύ - ω λύ - ω παιδεύ - ω πέμπ - ω

Present Tense Add the appropriate ENDINGS to form the rest of the present tense forms. κελεύ - ω κελεύω “I order” κελεύομεν “We order” κελεύεις “You order” κελεύετε “Y’all order” κελεύει “He/she/it orders” κελεύουσι “They order”

Imperfect Tense To find the Present Stem of any verb, simply remove the -ω ending from the first principle part. κελεύω κελεύ - ω λύ - ω παιδεύ - ω πέμπ - ω

Imperfect Tense Add an AUGMENT to the beginning of the word, then add the appropriate ENDINGS to form the rest of the imperfect tense forms. κελεύ - ω ἐκέλευον “I was ordering” ἐκέλευες “You were ordering” ἐκέλευε(ν) “He/she/it was ordering” ἐκελεύομεν “We were ordering” ἐκελεύετε “Y’all were ordering” ἐκέλευον “They were ordering”

Future Tense To find the Future Stem of any verb, simply remove the -ω ending from the second principle part. κελεύσω κελεύσ - ω λύσ - ω παιδεύσ - ω πέμψ - ω

Future Tense Add the appropriate ENDINGS to form the rest of the present tense forms. κελεύσ - ω κελεύσω “I will order” κελεύσομεν “We will order” κελεύσεις “You will order” κελεύσετε κελεύσει κελεύσουσι “They will order” “He/she/it will order” “Y’all will order”

Aorist Tense To find the Aorist Stem of any verb, simply remove the -α ending from the second principle part. ἐκέλευσα ἐκέλευσ - α ἔλυσ - α ἐπαίδευσα ἐπαίδευσ - α ἔπεμψ - α

Aorist Tense Add the appropriate ENDINGS to form the rest of the present tense forms. ἐκέλευσ - α ἐκέλευσα “I ordered” ἐκέλευσας “You ordered” ἐκέλευσε “He/she/it ordered” ἐκελεύσαμεν “We ordered” ἐκελεύσατε “Y’all ordered” ἐκέλευσαν “They ordered”

Drill 1. παιδεύσεις 2 nd singular, future active indicative 2. ἐπαίδευσας 2 nd singular, aorist active indicative 3. παιδεύεις 2 nd singular, present active indicative 4. ἔλυον 1 st sing. / 3 rd pl. , imperfect active indicative 5. πέμψομεν 1 st plural, future active indicative 6. ἔπεμψαν 3 rd plural, aorist active indicative 7. λύει 3 rd singular, present active indicative 8. πέμψουσιν 3 rd plural, future active indicative