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The Greek Verb: Croy Lesson 10 - Imperfect Past Active Tense

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PAST TENSE: Verbs in the past tense all take augment. When you use the present system stem and add augment to it, the result is the Imperfect.

Imperfect Indicative (Past)

Active - ἔλυον 10.65
PRESENT TENSE: The same stem is used to create the Imperfect and the Present. The Imperfect has augment (past tense), but the Present does not. The Present is an example of a non-past tense.

Present Indicative

Active - λύω 2.11
Mid-Pass - ἄρχομαι 9.55
   
INFINITIVE: The infinitive is, technically speaking, a noun. It is not a verb. There are no distinctives of tense in the infinitive. The infinitive never takes augment.

Present Infinitive

Active - λύειν 2.12
Mid-Pass - ἄρχεσθαι 9.57

 


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