Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 5

Present Indicative tense
The suffixes are:

One of the simplest verbs in Ancient Greek, and maybe the simplest, will be used in charts for almost all tenses: the verb λύω, which means free, release in the active, and having a specific meaning of ransom in the middle.

The syllabs in bold indicate that, when speaking, the voice is raised and in A.Greek this voice raise is expressed with a mark above the vowel, the tone. You may notice that at the third person plural the letter "ν" is added in parentheses. You say λύουσιν, etc when the verb is followed by a word that begins with a vowel or when it is the last word of a sentence.

TRANSLATION

In English we have a number of ways that we express actions in the present. Eg. I run, I am running. Greek does not make that distinction, so a perfectly acceptable translation for λύω can be either "I release" or "I am releasing"

Another simple verb is γράφω (=write)

γράφω

γράφεις

γράφει

γράφομεν

γράφετε

γράφουσι(ν)

Κλίσεις ρημάτων/Αρχαία Ελληνικά/Οριστική Ενεργητικής/Ενεστώτας