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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Common Verbs

Many verbs follow the same pattern in their endings. The table below shows a collection of common regular verbs that all display the same pattern. However notice one exception with Μπόρω (to be able to) in the second person plural which doesn't quite follow the rule - so You Can becomes Μπορείτε rather than Μπόρετε.
ArticleTO HAVETo HaveTO WANTTo Want
IΕΧΩέχωΘΕΛΩθέλω
You (sing)ΕΧΕΙΣέχειςΘΕΛΕΙΣθέλεις
He/She/ItΕΧΕΙέχειΘΕΛΕΙθέλει
WeΕΧΟΥΜΕέχουμεΘΕΛΟΥΜΕθέλουμε
You (plural)ΕΧΕΤΕέχετεΘΕΛΕΤΕθέλετε
TheyΕΧΟΥΝέχουνΘΕΛΟΥΝθέλουν

TO LIVE

To Live

TO BE ABLE TO

To Be Able To

IΜΕΝΩμένωΜΠΟΡΩμπόρω
You (sing)ΜΕΝΕΙΣμένειςΜΠΟΡΕΙΣμπόρεις
He/She/ItΜΕΝΕΙμένειΜΠΟΡΕΙμπόρει
WeΜΕΝΟΥΜΕμένουμεΜΠΟΡΟΥΜΕμπόρουμε
You (plural)ΜΕΝΕΤΕμένετεΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕΜπορείτε
TheyΜΕΝΟΥΝμένουνΜΠΟΡΟΥΝμπόρουν

TO DO / MAKE

To Do / Make

TO KNOW

To Know

IΚΑΝΩκάνωΞΕΡΩξέρω
You (sing)ΚΑΝΕΙΣκάνειςΞΕΡΕΙΣξέρεις
He/She/ItΚΑΝΕΙκάνειΞΕΡΕΙξέρει
WeΚΑΝΟΥΜΕκάνουμεΞΕΡΟΥΜΕξέρουμε
You (plural)ΚΑΝΕΤΕκάνετεΞΕΡΕΤΕξέρετε
TheyΚΑΝΟΥΝκάνουνΞΕΡΟΥΝξέρουν

TO WORK

To Work

TO UNDERSTAND

To Understand

IΔΟΥΛΕΥΩδουλεύωΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΩκαταλαβαίνω
You (sing)ΔΟΥΛΕΥΕΙΣδουλεύειςΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΕΙΣκαταλαβαίνεις
He/She/ItΔΟΥΛΕΥΕΙδουλεύειΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΕΙκαταλαβαίνει
WeΔΟΥΛΕΥΟΥΜΕδουλεύουμεΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΟΥΜΕκαταλαβαίνουμε
You (plural)ΔΟΥΛΕΥΕΤΕδουλεύετεΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΕΤΕκαταλαβαίνετε
TheyΔΟΥΛΕΥΟΥΝδουλεύουνΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΙΝΟΥΝκαταλαβαίνουν

2 comments:

GreedyGreen said...

One difference between Greek and English is the lack of the "infinitive" form of a verb. That is the "to...[something] " form. In english "to have" is the infinite and "I have" is the first person present tense (where "I" is the 1st person, "you" is the 2nd etc). For Greek this 1st person present is used instead of the infinite. Hence, the verb "To Have" in Greek is simply "Εχω".

GreedyGreen said...

Another apology for mistakes. This verb table has had the wrong verbs in the bottom half of the table. Ever since I updated it to put capitals in the bottom half has just been a duplicate of the top half. This has now been corrected