Lesson 10 | Odds & Ends, Part 2

Paradigm Review

This step contains the most important paradigms from the course. You should now know these paradigms quite well and be able to quickly and effectively use the Greek IV cheat sheet to identify and parse subjunctives and imperatives.
Subjunctives: 3 KEY FEATURES
Tense-Form Voice Stem Tense Former Ending Pattern
Present Active present
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Active
Middle/
Passive
present
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Middle-Passive
1st Aorist Active
usually same as
present
σ
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Active
Middle
usually same as
present
σ
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Middle-Passive
Passive
usually same as
present
θ
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Active
2nd Aorist Active aorist
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Active
Middle aorist
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Middle-Passive
Passive aorist
⇠vowel⇢
Primary
Active

Imperative Ending Patterns
Active Middle-Passive
Singular Second λῦε¹ λύου²
Third λυέτω λυέσθω
Plural Second λύετε λύεσθε
Third λυέτωσαν λυέσθωσαν
¹ This ending changes to ον in the 1st Aorist Active.
It changes to τι in the Aorist Passive (infrequent).
² This ending changes to ι in the 1st Aorist Middle (infrequent).

Imperatives: 3 KEY FEATURES
Tense-Form Voice Stem Tense Former Ending Pattern
Present Active present Imperative
Active
Middle/
Passive
present Imperative
Middle-Passive
1st Aorist Active
usually same as
present
σα Imperative
Active
Middle
usually same as
present
σα Imperative
Middle-Passive
Passive
usually same as
present
θη Imperative
Active
2nd Aorist Active aorist Imperative
Active
Middle aorist Imperative
Middle-Passive
Passive aorist η Imperative
Active

εἰμί in the subjunctive and imperative
Subjunctive Imperative
Singular First
I may be
Second ᾖς
you may be
ἴσθι
[you] be
Third
he/she/it may be
ἔστω
let him/her/it be
Plural First ὦμεν
we may be
Second ᾖτε
you (pl.) may be
ἔστε
[you (pl.)] be
Third ὦσι(ν)
they may be
ἔστωσαν
let them be

Two Optative Forms to Memorize
Form Meaning
μὴ γένοιτο (17x) = “may it never be!”
εἴη (12x) = “might be”

Conditionals Classes
Protasis (if-clause) Apodasis (then-clause) Meaning
First
Class
εἰ + [οὐ] indicative (any mood, any tense) Assumed true for the sake of argument
Second
Class
εἰ + [μή] indicative
(aorist, imperfect, or pluperfect)
[ἄν] indicative
(matches tense-form of protasis)
Speaker believes protasis is contrary to fact
Third
Class
ἐάν + [μή] subjunctive (any mood, any tense) Expresses potential or probable fulfillment

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