Present Indicative

Singular verb-endings:
1st person singular: I do it   -ω
2nd person singular: you do it   -εις  
3rd person singular: he, she, it does it     -ει

 
We've learnt that in Greek we don't use pronouns (I, you, we....) much, because the ending of the verb always tells us WHO does it.
We know  -ει and -εῖ endings for: he, she or it does it.
We've also seen  -ω and -ῶ endings for: I (personally) do it.
Now we get  -εις and -εῖς endings for: you (whom I'm addressing) do it.
 
Who
 does what?   he, she, it  you I
 look  
 rejoice  
 come out  
 live, dwell  
 love (or kiss)  
   βλέπει  
  χαίρει
  ἐκβαίνει    
  οἰκεῖ
  φιλεῖ 		 βλέπεις;  
 χαίρεις ;
 ἐκβαίνεις ;    
 οἰκεῖς ;
 φιλεῖς ; 		 βλέπω
 χαίρω
 ἐκβαίνω    
 οἰκῶ
 φιλῶ  
 
Why have I put them in the wrong order here: from 3rd to 1st?
  • Because we've been using 3rd person Dikaiopolis doing this, doing that ever since chapter 1a and should be comfortable with the -ει ending by now.
  • 2nd person singular, "you, the person I am talking to" is easy, just add an ς thereby changing 3rd -ει into 2nd: -εις.
  • I then added a Greek question mark after the -εις form, to ask the question: Do you .......? And then automatically get the "I" answer using the Greek -ω ending for "Yes, of course I do" or "No, I most certainly don't."
 

And now a little exercise to practice these forms

For "yes" use ναί, and follow it by the correct verb-form, and, for "no, I don't" use οὔ, as the case might be.
  1. Who carries the plough? Dikaiopolis or (ἢ) Xanthias?
  2. οἰκεῖς ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς;
  3. Ask me if I live in the country.
  4. στενάζεις πολλάκις;
  5. Ask me the same thing, whether I often moan and groan.
  6. φιλεῖς τὸν οἶκον;
  7. καθίζεις νῦν;
  8. Ask me if I sleep a lot.
  9. Ask me if I often pick up stones.
  10. ἐλαύνεις βοῦς;
  11. Ask me if I always hurry or (ἢ) walk slowly.
  12. Tell me who walks slowly.
  13. μάλα κάμνεις νῦν;