BBG-18

The subject of the verb is performing the action. “I hit the ball.” The subject is “I” which is doing the action of hitting the ball.

The action of the verb is being done to the subject. “I am hit by the ball”. The subject “I” is being hit by the ball.

Present tense stem + Connecting Vowel + Primary Passive personal endings.

Sai – Because the sigma occurs between vowels in the non-stem part o the word (Lu +e + sai), it will often drop out and the vowels will contract making it difficult to see the true ending.

A verb that is middle or passive in form but active in meaning. It is always passive in form, but always active in meaning.

Its lexical form – deponent verbs are always listed in lexicons with passive endings. If its lexical form ends in omega – it is not deponent. If the lexical form ends in –omai – then it is deponent.

No- it will be one or the other in a single tense.

Yes- it can change from one tense to another.

• Active, middle, passive. In the present tense – Middle and passive are identical.
• What are the components of the Present Middle/deponent Indicative verb?
• Present tense stem + Connecting Vowel + Primary Passive Personal Endings- it is formed the same way that the present passive indicative verb is formed.

Dative

It is always in the 3rd person singular, it never changes its form, and its subject is always neuter.

• It is one of the few exceptions to the rules concerning connecting vowels – it uses alpha throughout.