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Define Present Tense:
- Progressive/Repeated Aspect in Present time:
- I am falling, I fall (habitually)
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Define Perfect Tense:
- Completed Aspect in Present time:
- I have fallen
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Define Aorist Tense:
- Simple Aspect in the Past time:
- I fell.
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Define Imperfect Tense:
- Progressive/Repeated Aspect in Past Time:
- I was falling, I used to fall, I fell (habitually)
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Define Pluperfect Tense:
- Completed Aspect in Past Time:
- I had fallen
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Define Future Tense:
Simple Aspect in Future Time: I shall fall / Progressive/Repeated Aspect in Future time: I shall be falling, I shall fall habitually.
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Define Future Perfect Tense:
- Completed Aspect in Future Time:
- I shall have fallen
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Define Indicative mood:
Mood of factual statements and factual questions.
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Define subjunctive mood:
Meaning varies depending on the type of clause or sentence they are in.
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Define Optative Mood:
Meaning varies depending on the type of clause or sentence they are in.
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Define Imperative Mood:
Verbs that are Imperative are commands.
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Define Active voice:
When a verb is in active voice, the subject performs the action. Ex: the man walks down the street. When no direct object is specified, it is intransitive. Ex: Homer educates
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Define Passive voice:
A verb in passive voice means the subject receives the action indicated. ex: Homer is educated by his brother.
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Define Middle voice:
middle voice verbs indicate that the subject performs the action. But the subject has a special interest in the action; the action somehow returns to the subject. It varies from verb to verb. Basically implies an ulterior motive.
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Present Indicative Active- I am educating. I educate.
- -ω -ομεν
- -εις -ετε
- -ει -ουσι(ν)
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Imperfect Indicative Active- I was educating, I used to educate, I educated (habitually)
- -ον -ομεν
- -ες -ετε
- -ε(ν) - ον
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Future Indicative Active- I shall educate, I shall be educating
- -ω -ομεν
- -εις -ετε
- -ει -ουσι(ν)
Like present indic. active but with 2nd PP
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Aorist Indicative Active- I educated
- -α -αμεν
- -ας -ατε
- -ε(ν) -αν
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Present Infinitive Active- To be educating, to educate (habitually)
-ειν only indicates aspect, and the aspect is always progressive/repeated.
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Aorist Infinitive Active- to educate
-αι Remember it's unaugmented, and the it's always accented on the penult, simple aspect only.
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Use of the infinitive:
- just like in English, it can also sometimes take a direct or indirect object. Ex:
- you command homer to be educating his brother.
- You command homer to educate his brother.
- You command homer to educate his brother (once and for all)
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