Lesson 2: The Omega Verb - Present Tense

Day one

I . Word Study and Grammar 

1. Most Greek verbs end in _________________ _in_the_first_person_singular.

2. The_present_tense_is_formed_by_adding ______________________________ _endings_to_the_present_stem.

3. How_do_you_find_the_present_stem? ____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

4. The_present_stem_of_λύω is ____________________________.

5. If_the_third_person_plural_form_of_the_present_tense_is_followed_by_a/an ______________________________

or_a_word_that_begins_with_a/an _________________________ ,_it_may_have __________________________

_attached_to_the_end._The_is_called_the ___________________________________________________________ .

6. The_first_person_is_the_person __________________________________________________________________

The_second_person_is_the_person _______________________________________________________________

The_third_person_is_the_person _________________________________________________________________

7. Complete_the_chart.

PersonSingular Plural

english Pronoun Greek Tense ending english Pronoun Greek Tense ending

1st

2nd

3rd

8. The_Greek_present_tense_usually_corresponds_to_the_English ________________________________ present.

9. In_English,_I loose is the __________________ _present,_I am loosing is the _____________________________

_present,_and_I do loose is the _________________________________ present._

10. The_infinitive_is_a/an _________________________________________________________________________

that_means __________________________________________________________________________________ .

11. Which_vocabulary_word_has_a_diphthong? ______________________________________________________

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II . Greek SayInG: Say aloud and write 3X.

Greek

Greek

Greek

english

III . Vocabulary: Say aloud and write with meanings and cognates. Repeat this exercise on Days Two and Three on a separate sheet of paper.

Greek (Lexical Form) Meaning Cognate

IV. coGnateS 

1. To_separate_something_into_constituent_parts_or_elements_in_order_to_determine_its_essential_features_is_to__

_________________________________________________ _it.

2. The_branch_of_physics_that_deals_with_sound_and_sound_waves_is_called _____________________________ .

3. The ________________________________________________ _in_your_digital_presentation_were_beautiful.

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Day Two

I . conjuGatIonS 

1. Give_the_Greek_and_stem.

Lexical Form Stem

I_loose_(loosen),_destroy λύω λυ-

I_hear

I see

I write

I_wish,_will,_desire

I_say,_speak,_tell

2. Write_the_present_tense_endings_twice_and_say_aloud.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

3. Write_the_stem_in_every_space_before_adding_present_tense_endings_and_leave_spaces_between_stem_and_

endings._Say_each_conjugation_aloud_as_you_write_it_and_several_times_after_you_write_it.

Singular Plural Meanings - Progressive Present

λύ ω

Singular Plural Meanings - Simple Present

γράφ ω

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Singular Plural Meanings - emphatic Present

ἀκού ω

Singular Plural Meanings - Progressive Present

βλέπ ω

4. Give_the_infinitive_of_each_verb_and_its_English_translation.

Infinitive Translation

I_hear

I see

I write

I_wish,_will,_desire

I_say,_speak,_tell

I_loose_(loosen),_destroy

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Day ThRee

I . Form drIllS: Greek to english

Parsing_-_Circle_present_tense_ending_and_complete_chart.

Form Greek (Lexical entry) englishPerson, number english Pronoun

Translation (Simple Present)

βλέπει βλέπω see3P_sing.he,_she,_it_(hsi) hsi sees

θέλουσι

γράφομεν

λύεις

λέγετε

Drill a_-_Circle_the_present_tense_ending_and_translate_in_the_progressive_present.

1. λύετε _____________________________________

2. βλέπουσι ___________________________________

3. γράφομεν __________________________________

4. ἀκούεις ____________________________________

5. λύει _______________________________________

6. θέλω ______________________________________

7. λέγουσι ____________________________________

8. λύεις ______________________________________

9. ἀκούει _____________________________________

10. βλέπει _____________________________________

Drill B_-_Circle_the_present_tense_ending_and_translate_in_the_simple_present.

1. λύει _______________________________________

2. βλέπουσι ___________________________________

3. γράφετε____________________________________

4. ἀκούει _____________________________________

5. λύεις ______________________________________

6. θέλουσι ____________________________________

7. λέγομεν ___________________________________

8. λύει _______________________________________

9. ἀκούω _____________________________________

10. βλέπετε ____________________________________

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Drill C_-_Circle_the_present_tense_ending_and_translate_in_the_emphatic_present.

1. λύουσι _____________________________________

2. βλέπει _____________________________________

3. γράφεις ____________________________________

4. ἀκούομεν __________________________________

5. λύει _______________________________________

6. θέλω ______________________________________

7. λέγετε _____________________________________

8. λύετε ______________________________________

9. ἀκούουσι ___________________________________

10. βλέπω _____________________________________

Day FouR

I . Form drIllS: english to Greek

Parsing_-_Translate_into_Greek,_using_steps_as_shown_in_example.

Form Lexical Form Person, number TensePresent Stem Tense ending Translation

he_hears ἀκούω 3P_sing. presentἀκού-ει ἀκούει

they_write

I_say

you_all_loose

Drill a_-_Translate.

1. she_is_wishing ______________________________

2. they_are_hearing ____________________________

3. you_all_are_saying ___________________________

4. he_is_loosening _____________________________

5. we_are_hearing _____________________________

6. you_are_writing _____________________________

7. he_is_saying ________________________________

8. they_are_destroying _________________________

9. we_are_speaking ____________________________

10. you_all_are_desiring _________________________

Drill B_-_Translate.

1. he_hears ___________________________________

2. they_write _________________________________

3. I_destroy __________________________________

4. you_all_tell _________________________________

5. they_desire_________________________________

6. we_do_hear ________________________________

7. you_do_will ________________________________

8. I do see ___________________________________

9. it_does_loosen ______________________________

10. she_does_say _______________________________

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II . tranSlatIon: remember, some verbs may take a complementary infinitive.

1. Λέγω καὶ ἀκούετε. ____________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Θέλομεν βλέπειν. _____________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Θέλουσι βλέπειν καὶ ἀκούειν. ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Γράφω καὶ γράφεις. ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Λύει καὶ βλέπουσι. ____________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

6. You_are_writing_and_she_is_seeing. ______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

7. They_are_writing_and_they_are_speaking. ________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

8. You_all_wish_to_destroy. ______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

9. I_wish_to_see_and_to_speak. ____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

10. They_are_destroying_and_we_are_seeing. _________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

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