Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 5

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The suffixes are:

-ω

-εις

-ει

-ομεν

-ετε

-ουσι(ν)

One of the simplest verbs in Ancient Greek, and maybe the simplest, will be used for almost all tenses: the verb λύω, which means solve/ release(meaning set free).

λύω

λύεις

λύει

λύομεν

λύετε

λύουσι(ν)

PLEASE NOTE: before the each form, the auxiliary verb εἰμί, etc (I am, etc) is considered obvious.

Pronunciation:

lyo

lyis

lyi

lyomen

lyete

lyosi(n)

The syllabs in bold indicate that, when speaking, the voice is raised and in A.Greek this voice raise is expressed with a mark above the vowel, the tone. You may notice that at the third plural person the letter "n" is added in periods. You say λύουσιν, etc when the verb is followed by a word that its first letter is a vowel.

Another simple verb is γράφω (=write)

γράφω

γράφεις

γράφει

γράφομεν

γράφετε

γράφουσι(ν)