The Greek verb system

The following overview provides you with what you should know about the Greek verb system:

8 temporal stages:
→ Present: 1 form
→ Past: 4 forms (paratatikos, aorist, perfect and pluperfect)
→ Future: 3 forms (simple future, future continuous and future perfect
2 basic verb conjugations (present stem and aorist stem)
3 voices/diathesis (voice of the verb)
2 auxiliary verb
είμαι (engl. I am, „to be“) and „έχω“ (engl. I have, „to have“).
„έχω“ (engl. I have, „to have“) is used when forming the perfect tense and pluperfect.
3 modes (signalling modality = signalling intention of speaker):
indicative (mood of reality, neutral/objective), conjunctive (subjective opinions, emotions, wish, polite requests), imperative (mood of commands, prohibition, orders, requests)
2 participles (present, perfect)
infinitive with limited function

If you are not familiar with personal pronouns, you may want to look them up here.

Greek Grammar

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Greek adjectives

Comparison of adjectives

Greek adverbs

Verbs

Verb system

Auxiliary verbs είμαι/έχω

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Relative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns

Word order & Sentences

Greek syntax

Useful information

Inflection of numerals

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