https://www.kylestratis.com/tags/tenses/ Recent content in Tenses on The Edge Cases Hugo en © 2025 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:04:36 -0400 https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/simple-future-and-aorist-irregular-verbs/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:07:14 +0000 https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/simple-future-and-aorist-irregular-verbs/ <h2 id="shortened-irregulars">Shortened Irregulars</h2> <p>These verbs become very short in the simple future, in the aorist they are prefixed with ει-</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>verb</th> <th>simple future</th> <th>aorist</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>βλέπω</td> <td>θα δω</td> <td>είδα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>λέω</td> <td>θα πω</td> <td>είπα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>πίνω</td> <td>θα πιω</td> <td>είπα</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="main--αίνω-verbs">Main -αίνω verbs</h2> <p>These lose the -αίν- root in the simple future and it is replaced with -ηκ in the aorist.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>verb</th> <th>simple future</th> <th>aorist</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>βγαίνω</td> <td>θα βγω</td> <td>βγήκα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>μπαίνω</td> <td>θα μπω</td> <td>μπήκα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>βρίσκω</td> <td>θα βρω</td> <td>βρήκα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ανεβαίνω</td> <td>θα ανεβώ</td> <td>ανέβηκα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>κατεβαίνω</td> <td>θα κατεβώ</td> <td>κατέβηκα</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="non-pattern--αίνω-verbs">Non-pattern -αίνω verbs</h2> <p>For these, the construction of the aorist follows the pattern of reguar verbs: take the simple future, change the ending, and add ε- if needed.</p> https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/aorist-tense/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:28:04 +0000 https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/aorist-tense/ <p>same: <a href="https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/">The Past Imperfect (Continuous Past) Tense</a></p> <h2 id="the-aorist-tense-ο-αόριστος">The Aorist Tense (ο αόριστος)</h2> <h2 id="meaning">Meaning</h2> <p>The aorist is one of the main tenses of Modern Greek. It is also known as the <em>simple past</em>, as it is perfective, referring to a single completed past action. Not only will other tenses in the perfective aspect take the aorist root for their formation, but so will <a href="https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/adjective-derivatives/">some derivatives of adjectives</a>.</p> <h2 id="conjugation-examples">Conjugation Examples</h2> <h3 id="group-a">Group A</h3> <h3 id="group-b1">Group B1</h3> <h3 id="group-b2">Group B2</h3> <h3 id="irregulars">Irregulars</h3> <h2 id="additional-notes">Additional Notes</h2> https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:49:12 +0000 https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/ <h2 id="the-past-imperfect-or-continuous-past-tense-ο-παρατατικός">The Past Imperfect or Continuous Past Tense (ο Παρατατικός)</h2> <h2 id="meaning">Meaning</h2> <p>A habitual or continuous action that happened in the past with no fixed temporal boundary.</p> <h3 id="example">Example</h3> <p>I was reading the book -&gt; Διάβαζα το βιβλίο</p> <h2 id="conjugation">Conjugation</h2> <p>Past imperfect (continuous past) is the same as the present tense but has the ending of the aorist (simple past) as well as the accent shift:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Present</th> <th>Continuous past (παρατατικός)</th> <th>Aorist (αόριστος)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>νοικιάζω</td> <td>νοίκιαζα</td> <td>νοίκιασα (aorist)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>διαβάζω</td> <td>διάβαζα</td> <td>διάβασα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>νιώθω</td> <td>ένιωθα</td> <td>ένιωσα</td> </tr> <tr> <td>πθγαίνω</td> <td>πήγαινα</td> <td>πήγα (<a href="https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/#4giphr">*</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>θέλω</td> <td>ήθελα</td> <td>ήθελα (<a href="https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/#8gx983">*</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>μένω</td> <td>έμενα</td> <td>έμεινα (<a href="https://www.kylestratis.com/notes/the-past-imperfect-continuous-past-tense/#8gx983">*</a>)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 id="group-a--ω-endings">Group A (-ω) Endings</h3> <p>-α -εσ -ε -αμε -ατε -αν</p>