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	VERBS by Guest User - Sunday, 29 October 2006, 11:02 PM
	CAN SOMEONE MAKE A LIST OF WHAT ENDINGS TO USE ON VERBS.. FOR EXAMPLE.. AGAPO = I LOVE AGAPI = SHE LOVES I AM NOT SURE OF THE VERB ENDINGS FOR ME,YOU,HE/SHE/IT,WE,THEY, ETCC.. ALSO.. WHEN DO WE USE TO, TA, TIS, TON, STI, STO.. ETC.. THANKS Reply

Helen what you ask is rather complicated especially done in Latin characters! I will try my best but can I make a suggestion? I hope you won't take it the wrong way but how about learning the Greek alphabet? It'll be easier for both you and us.

There are, in modern Greek two conjugations of verbs

First conjugation Present
-o
-is
-i
-oume
-ete
oun

Second conjugation Present

-o
-as
-a
-ame
-ate
-oun
(agapo belongs to this category)

OR

-o
-is
-i
-oume
-ite
-oun

I am not going any further for now (you know, something tells me you are not patient enough to follow the lessons of this site ;)

)

As for the weak form of the personal pronoun.

In a very schematic and general way you could say that

him = to

her = ti)n)
it = to

they (masc) = tous
they (fem) = tis
they (neut) = ta

but not always (it can be the genitive, especially in case when the "to" is implied. For example in "I told him" which is really "I told to him" it's either Tou eipa OR Eipa ston)

If it is a case of "to him", "at him" then it's ston, stin etc.

I caught him = Ton epiasa
I gave to George = Edosa sto Giorgo.

Hope that helps for now.

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	Re: VERBS by Guest User - Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 02:21 AM
	Dear Helen, there are now "Verb-tables" in the beginner section (forum 1 and 16) that show the conjugation of present - maybe that can help you. Rebecca Show parent \| Reply

	Re: VERBS by Guest User - Monday, 20 November 2006, 10:56 AM
	Dear all I found a most useful internet site with a freely accessible tool that gives you all the conjugated forms of verbs, plus many other most useful things ... The adress is : http://www.neurolingo.gr/online_tools/lexiscope.htm Alain Show parent \| Reply

	Re: VERBS by Greg Brush - Monday, 20 November 2006, 12:10 PM
	This is a wonderful and REALLY useful tool! Thanks for letting us know. Regards, Greg Brush Show parent \| Reply

	Re: VERBS by Guest User - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 03:30 PM
	This is really good - only problem is all the tenses are in Greek too. It'd be really helpful if there was labels in English to show which was past, present and future. Show parent \| Reply

I agree. So for future reference here are the labels:

ρήμ. (το ρήμα) - verb
ΕΝΕΡΓΗΤΙΚΗ ΦΩΝΗ (ενεργητική φωνή) - active voice
ΠΑΘΗΤΙΚΗ ΦΩΝΗ (παθητική φωνή) - passive voice
Ενικός - singular
Πληθυντικός - plural
A - 1st (person)
B - 2nd (person)
Γ - 3rd (person)

Ενεστώτας-Οριστική - present indicative
Ενεστώτας-Προστακτική - continuous imperative
Ενεστώτας-Μετοχή - present participle
Αόριστος-Οριστική - aorist indicative (i.e., simple, non-continuous past)
Αόριστος-Υποτακτική - non-cont. subjunctive (also used with θα to form simple future)
Αόριστος-Προστακτική - non-cont. imperative
Αόριστος-Απαρέμφατο - non-cont. "infinitive" (used with έχω to form the perfect tenses)
Παρατατικός-Οριστική - imperfect indicative (i.e., continuous past)
Παρακείμενος-Μετοχή - perfect participle (passive only)

διαλ. (διαλεκτικό) - dialectal (used in specific geographic areas)
λόγ. (λόγιο) - learned, formal
λογοτ. (λογοτεχνικό) - literary (mostly found in literature)
προφ. (προφορικό) - used in oral communication (informal)
λαϊκ. (λαϊκότροπο) - colloquial, popular (informal)

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