Present Middle-Passive Indicative Introduction to Greek By Stephen Curto For Intro to Greek Oct 30, 2016
Outline Review Middle-Passive in English Present Middle-Passive Indicative Deponent Verbs Present Middle-Passive Contract Verbs
Review Some verbs have stems that end in vowels In these cases, a contraction often takes place contraction: two verbs that don’t sit well next to each other, changing into another verb or diphthong to compensate. A contraction is usually easily recognized if you know your vocab.
Review - Contract Paradigms -άω -έω -όω ἀγαπῶ (αω) ποιῶ (εω) πληρῶ (οω) ἀγαπᾷς (αεις) ποιεῖς (εεις) πληροῖς (οεις) ἀγαπᾷ (αει) ποιεῖ (εει) πληροῖ (οει) ἀγαπῶμεν (αομεν) ποιοῦμεν (εομεν) πληροῦμεν (οομεν) ἀγαπᾶτε (αετε) ποιεῖτε (εετε) πληροῦτε (οετε) ἀγαπῶσι(ν) (αουσι) ποιοῦσι(ν) (εουσι) πληροῦσι(ν) (οουσι)
Homework – Exercise 17 (Track 2) Review Homework – Exercise 17 (Track 2)
Middle-Passive in English Voices in English: Active (The subject does the verb’s action) “Bill hits the ball.” Passive (The subject receives the verb’s action) “Bill is hit by the ball.” Usually formed by adding the word “by” and often followed by a prepositional phrase (e.g. “by the ball.”)
Present Middle-Passive Indicative In Greek, the passive meaning is the same The middle meaning is something in between. Something like the subject receiving his own actions. In the Present tense the middle and passive voice have the same endings as eachother.
Present Middle-Passive Indicative MID-PASS INDICATIVE Singular Plural 1st Person -μαι -μεθα 2nd Person -σαι … (-ῃ) -σθε 3rd Person -ται -νται
Present Middle-Passive Indicative MID-PASS INDICATIVE Singular Plural 1st Person λύομαι λυόμεθα 2nd Person λύῃ λύεσθε 3rd Person λύεται λύονται
Present Middle-Passive Indicative Some Quirks intervocalic sigma: In the 2nd person Singular form, the ending σαι will always be attached to a connecting vowel ε. (e.g. λυ + ε + σαι). When sandwiched between two vowels, a sigma will often drop out. leaving us with λυεαι. the ε and α then contract and the ι subscripts, yielding λυῃ This contraction takes place in all regular, present tense, mid-pas verbs.
Deponent Verbs Definition: Verbs that have a Mid-Pass form but an active meaning. e.g. ἔρχομαι - I come, go You will know them by vocab. If the lexical form (the one in your vocab list) is passive, it’s a deponent verb. Parse deponent verbs as “deponent” in the voice category.
Present Middle-Passive Contract Verbs -άω -έω -όω ἀγαπῶμαι (αομαι) ποιοῦμαι (εομαι) πληροῦμαι (οομαι) ἀγαπᾷ (αεσαι) ποιῇ (εεσαι) πληροῖ (οεσαι) ἀγαπᾶται (αεται) ποιεῖται (εεται) πληροῦται (οεται) ἀγαπώμεθα (αομεθα) ποιούμεθα (εομεθα) πληρούμεθα (οομεθα) ἀγαπᾶσθε (αεσθε) ποιεῖσθε (εεσθε) πληροῦσθε (οεσθε) ἀγαπῶνται (αονται) ποιοῦνται (εονται) πληροῦνται (οονται)
Homework Read Chapter 18 Memorize vocab on page 154-155 Memorize Present, Mid-Pass Paradigm Be able to recognize Mid-Pass contractions Do Exercise 18 (Track 2)