What does he say?
What did you say?
My dear chap - he said - if you knew what I think of that....
Good gracious me - says Myrrhine - have you seen the time?
In the present indicative tense the forms are enclitic, i.e. stressed/pitched (always on the last syllable) only when used alone or preceding another enclitic.
And like all -μι verbs, the stem vowel is long in the singular and short in the plural (in present and imperfect).
| Present | Past | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| φημί | I say |  |
ἔφην | I said |
| φῄς | you (sg) say | ἔφης | you (sg) said * | |
| φησί | he/she/it says | ἔφη | he/she/it said | |
| φαμέν | we say | ἔφαμεν | we said | |
| φατέ | you say | ἔφατε | you said | |
| φασίν | they say | ἔφασαν | they said | |
| * Could also be: ἔφησθα | ||||