1. Greek Verbs – Contract Verbs and Irregular Forms

2. The Irregular “To Be” The verb “to be” in Greek is e  nai All forms of the verb in the Present indicative are enclitic except for the 2 nd person singular SingularPlural 1 st persone„m… I am ™smšn We are 2 nd persone  You are ™ste You are 3 rd person™st…(n) He/she/it is e„s…(n) They are

3. Contract Verbs Some w verbs have specially formed endings resulting from a contracting of vowels in the ending Some rules of vowel changes for these verbs are as follows: – e + e  ei – e + o  ou – e followed by a long vowel or diphthong is elided or drops out – a + w, o, or ou  w – a + ei or e  a (iota becomes a subscript)

4. Contract Verbs in e SingularPlural 1 st Person filšw  filî filšomen  filoàmen 2 nd Person filšeij  file‹j filšete  file‹te 3 rd Person filšei  file‹ filšousi(n)  filoàsi(n)

5. Contract Verbs in a SingularPlural 1 st Person Tim£w  timî Tim£omen  timîmen 2 nd Person Tim£eij  tim´j Tim£ete  tim©te 3 rd Person Tim£ei  tim´ Tim£ousi(n)  timîsi(n)