Modern Greek/Lesson 07.1
Lesson 7.1: Present Tense Irregular Verbs
[edit | edit source]As with all languages there are some verbs which are irregular. This page will have a list of some of the common verbs which are irregular in the present tense. The first three examples look very close to regular verbs but with a few letters missing, I think this is where there used to be an additional γ in the verb which got lost, so some vowels had to go to make it still readable, but I'm still looking for a source for that. The final verb we will later see looks very familiar to a different class of regular verbs.
τρώω - to eat
[edit | edit source]Verb table
[edit | edit source]Verb τρώω · to eat | ||
|---|---|---|
| - | Sing. | Plu. |
| 1st | τρώω | τρώμε |
| 2nd | τρως | τρώτε |
| 3rd | τρώει | τρώνε |
Examples
[edit | edit source]λέω - to say
[edit | edit source]Verb table
[edit | edit source]Verb λέω · to say | ||
|---|---|---|
| - | Sing. | Plu. |
| 1st | λέω | λέμε |
| 2nd | λες | λέτε |
| 3rd | λέει | λένε |
Examples
[edit | edit source]ακούω - to listen/hear
[edit | edit source]Verb table
[edit | edit source]Verb ακούω · to listen | ||
|---|---|---|
| - | Sing. | Plu. |
| 1st | ακούω | ακούμε |
| 2nd | ακούς | ακούτε |
| 3rd | ακούει | ακούν |
Examples
[edit | edit source]Πηγαίνω/πάω - to go
[edit | edit source]Verb table
[edit | edit source]Verb πάω · to go | ||
|---|---|---|
| - | Sing. | Plu. |
| 1st | πάω | πάμε |
| 2nd | πας | πάτε |
| 3rd | πάει | πάνε |
Examples
[edit | edit source]Exercises
[edit | edit source]Now try the exercises here .