Today I am teasing out the verbs a little futher by looking at the future, past and have tenses. I deliberately picked out the words that I use most often on the phone secretly at work. Unsuprisingly I looked at the verb to leave and to work which I've shown below. It's a lot of work writing out the transliteration of these as I've done in the past so for this post entry I won't bother and rely on the reader to read the Greek letters. Let me know if you need any help.
To leave
| φυγη | Leave (noun) |
| θα φυγω | I will leave |
| θα φυγεις | you will leave |
| θα φυγει | he/she/it will leave |
| θα φυγουμε | we will leave |
| θα φυγετε | you lot leave |
| θα φυγουν | they will leave |
| φύγε | you leave! (command) |
To work
| δουλειά | work (noun) |
| δουλεύω | I am working |
| δουλεύεις | you are working |
| δουλεύει | he/she/it is working |
| δουλεύουμε | we are working |
| δουλεύετε | you lot are working |
| δουλεύουν | they are working |
| Future tense | |
| θα δουλεψω | I will work |
| θα δουλεψεις | you will work |
| θα δουλεψει | he/she/it will work |
| θα δουλεψουμε | we will work |
| θα δουλεψετε | you lot will work |
| θα δουλεψουν | they will work |
| εσύ δουλεψε! | you work! (command) |
| Past tense | |
| δουλεψα | I worked |
| δουλεψες | you worked |
| δουλεψε | he/she/it worked |
| δουλεψαμε | we worked |
| δουλεψατε | you lot worked |
| δουλεψαν | they worked |
| Have tense | |
| εχω δουλεψει | Ι have worked |
| εχεις δουλεψει | you have worked |
| εχει δουλεψει | he/she/it worked |
| εχουμε δουλεψει | we worked |
| εχετε δουλεψει | you lot worked |
| εχουν δουλεψει | they worked |
I don't know about you but that is a danger to the brain. So many subtle nuance to learn and apply. I put in the "have" sentances above because it looks like a bit of a cheat since you only have to learn the "to have" verbs and learn only one variation of the operative verb ("worked") instead of loads of different ones. Good luck to all who embark on this. I've only just started it so I'll keep repeating the process on different verbs. Practise makes perfect. Just keep in your backpocket the below pseudo-rules for verb endings:
I -ω
you -εις
he/she/it -ει
we -ουμε
you lot -ετε
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