Let's continue more analytically now with the tenses. The
difficult part of the tenses is to make/know the Past simple
tense.
If you know the Past simple you can create the other tenses following
some simple rules. Remember, there are exceptions to the rules.
Some easy to remember rules are:
The consonant (τρέχω) before the ending of almost every verb in the first group changes for the Past Simple (έτρεξα) and is stays the same as the Present, in the Past Continuous (έτρεχα). Table 31.2.1 show all the simple rules that I can think of: Table 31.2.1
There are no standards for the making of the past tenses
of the Fourth Group. You will have to learn them as you meet the verbs. The only
standard rule is that they will end in -α,
-ες,
-ε |
-αμε,
-ατε,
-αν
(-ουν).
Let's take two verbs, one of the First Group and one of the Fourth Group,
and try to create their tenses. The verbs are: τρέχω (run), and κάθομαι (sit). Table 31.2.2
The best way to learn the tenses is to learn the Past Simple and Past Continuous
of every verb that you come across. Then you can create the others as I did in table 31.2.2 .
In the next lesson I'll conjugate a few verbs in different tenses. |