Grammar

Greek Grammar Terms

When I teach Greek grammar, I usually have to begin by teaching English grammar and basic grammatical concepts. Today, many people do not know the difference between an adverb and an article, between a participle and a preposition. This is not something to be ashamed of, but it is something to work on if you [...]



Active Indicative Verb Forms

Regular Greek verbs follow certain patterns that can help you determine the tense, voice, and mood of the verb when parsing or translating. Here are the patterns for the indicative mood and active voice:
Present: lexical morpheme + neutral morpheme (optional) + person-number endings (primary active)
Future: lexical morpheme + σ (futuristic morpheme) + neutral morpheme (optional) [...]