Present Indicative: regular
Answer the questions truthfully:
λέγεις ἀεὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν; (the truth, always?)
χαίρεις when yet another birthday comes round?
χαίρεις τοὺς φίλους/τὰς φίλας ἐπεὶ βλέπεις αὐτούς/αὐτάς; (ὁ φίλος, τοῦ φίλου, male friend; ἡ φίλη, τῆς φίλης, girl/woman friend)
στενάζεις ἐπεὶ πολύς ἐστι ὁ πόνος;
παρέχεις πολὺ ἀργύριον τῇ γυναικί; τῷ ἀνδρὶ; τῇ μητρί; τῷ πατρί; (money to wife/husband/mother/father) The dative case 'to him' is αὐτῷ, 'to her' being αὐτῇ.
Is money masculine or neuter? How do you know?
παρέχεις πολὺν πόνον τῇ γυναικί; τῷ ἀνδρὶ; τῇ μητρί; τῷ πατρί;
ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ παρέχω πόνον οὕτε τῷ πατρί, οὔτε τῇ μητρί, οὔτε τῇ γυναικὶ, οὔτε τῷ ἀνδρί for the simple reason that my parents are long gone and I have neither wife nor husband.
(1) βαδίζεις εἰς your work-place?
(2) βαδίζεις πρὸς your work-place now?
What's the translation into English of βαδίζεις in (1)?
And in (2)?
What is the difference between (1) βαδίζεις εἰς and (2) βαδίζεις πρὸς?
And now, do you and your wife/husband/friend do the following
σπεύδετε ἢ (or) βαδίζετε βραδέως;
καθίζετε πολὺν χρόνον in front of television?
φέρετε ὑδρίας ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς;
ἔχετε κῆπον; σκάπτετε τὸν κῆπον;
βλέπετε ἀγροὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου; (Remember: the definite article is usually used instead of the possessive adjective, when it is pretty obvious who the owner/possessor is)
κάμνετε πολὺ μετὰ τὸ ἑλληνικὸ μάθημα;
Now ask me if I:
carry stones?
wear out my friends (talking about Greek)?
rest a lot (under trees)
lift up stones (to see if there are scorpions underneath. If any are discovered my chickens μέγα χαίρουσιν. )
drive oxen
help a lot in the house
dig my garden with a plough
And now, for practice with the plural "you" form. Ask me if me and my partner
drop [things like] water jars (we're both over 60 and quite a bit clumsier than we used to be)
break [things like] water jars
moan and groan a lot
are pleased with life in the country (dative case form used with χαίρω to express: pleased "with")
pull ploughs
drive oxen
dig the fields
carry ploughs around
And last, for practice with 3rd person plural 'they':
What do Dikaiopolis and Xanthias do every day?
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