Greek Master Verb Chart

Master Verb Chart part 1
Tense	Aug Red	Tense stem	Tense form	Conn vow’l	Pers ending	1^st sing para
Present act		pres		ο/ε	prim act	λύω
Present mid/pas		pres		ο/ε	prim m/p	λύομαι
Imperfect act	ε	pres		ο/ε	sec act	ἔλυον
Imperfect mid/pas	ε	pres		ο/ε	sec m/p	ἐλυόμην
Future act		fut act	σ	ο/ε	prim act	λύσω
Liquid fut act		fut act	εσ	ο/ε	prim act	μενῶ
Future mid		fut act	σ	ο/ε	prim m/p	πορεύσομαι
Liquid fut mid		fut act	εσ	ο/ε	prim m/p	μενοῦμαι
1^st aorist act	ε	aor act	σα		sec act	ἔλυσα
1^staorist mid	ε	aor act	σα		sec m/p	ἐλυσάμην

Master Verb Chart part 2
Tense	Aug Red	Tense stem	Tense form	Conn vow’l	Pers ending	1^st sing para
Liquid aorist act	ε	aor act	α		sec act	ἔμεινα
2nd aorist act	ε	aor act		ο/ε	sec act	ἔλαβον
2nd aorist mid	ε	aor pas		ο/ε	sec m/p	ἐγενόμην
1st future pas		aor pas	θησ	ο/ε	prim m/p	λυθήσομαι
2nd future pas		aor pas	ησ	ο/ε	prim m/p	ἀποσταλή-σομαι
1st aorist pas	ε	aor pas	θη		sec act	ἐλύθην
2nd aorist pas	ε	aor pas	η		sec act	ἐγράφην
1st perfect act	λε	perf act	κα		prim act	λέλυκα
2nd perfect act	λε	perf act	α		prim act	γέγονα
Perfect mid/pas	λε	perf ps			prim m/p	λέλυμαι

Notes on verbal rules
Primary endings: Unagmented tenses, Indicative present, future and perfect Secondary endings: Augmented tenses, Indicative imperfect, aorist and pluperfect Alternative endings: μι verbs use alternative endings Augments: imperfect, aorist and plup[erfect, but not if non-indicative Reduplication: perfect and present. If with ε then perfect, if ι then μι verb Tense formatives: often use an ε in the 3rd singular: 1st aorist active/middle (σε), liqued (ε), perfect (κε) Connecting vowels (ο/ε): present, imperfect, future, second aorist and participles Contract vowels: contract i the present and imperfect, else lengthen, contractions occur in liquid futures Primary active 3rd plural: ν will usually drop out

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Greek Master Verb Chart

Master Verb Chart part 1

Master Verb Chart part 2

Notes on verbal rules