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Properties
of the Greek Verb
Lesson
3
Verbs are words that denote actions or states of being.
Just as with English verbs, Greek verbs have five properties: person, number,
voice, mood, and tense.
| Person:
First
(1st) - subject is the person speaking
Second (2nd) - subject is the person being spoken to
Third (3rd) - subject is the person or thing being spoken about
Number:
Singular (sg.) - subject is just one person or thing
Dual (dual) - subject is a pair of persons or things
Plural (pl.) - subject is more than one person or thing
Voice:
Active (act.) - the verb's subject performs the action
Passive (pass.) - subject is acted upon by someone or something
else
Middle (mid.) - subject performs an action for itself or on something
of special interest to it
Mood:
Indicative (indic.) - statements of fact, reality,
or actual occurrences
Imperative (imper.) - commands
Subjunctive (subj.) - contemplated or imagined actions
Optative (opt.) - further removed than subjunctive
Tense:
Present (pres.) - present time, imperfective or aoristic
aspect
Imperfect (imperf.) - past time, imperfective aspect
Future (fut.) - future time, imperfective or aoristic aspect
Aorist (aor.) - past time, aoristic aspect
Perfect (perf.) - present time, perfective aspect
Pluperfect (pluperf.) - past time, perfective aspect
Future Perfect (fut. perf.) - future time, perfective aspect
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