Middle/Passive Voice
[δουλό-εσθαι] δουλοῦσθαι, to be enslaved
Who |
is made a slave | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I | δουλ | οῦμαι | |
| do you? | ἆρα | δουλ | οῖ |
| he/she/it | δουλ | οῦ ται | |
| we | δουλ | ού μεθα | |
| do you? | ἆρα | δουλ | οῦ σθε |
| they | δουλ | οῦ νται | |
| Here the uncontracted forms: Note that, wherever the stem -ο has an acute in the uncontracted form it will have a circumflex in the contracted form. Only the we-form, being acutely pitched on the antepenult will keep its acute accent in the contracted form as well. Long or short, the antepenult can never be circumflexed. |
| [δουλό-ομαι] | ||
| [δουλό-ει|ῃ] | ||
| [δουλό-εται] | ||
| [δουλο-όμεθα] | ||
| [δουλό-εσθε] | ||
| [δουλό-ονται] |
Another contract verb in -ο we've had is:
to be freed - [ἐλευθερό-εσθαι] ἐλευθεροῦσθαι
Your turn now to practice filling in a jumbled-up BE FREED table
| Who? | uncontracted forms | contracted forms |
|---|---|---|
| he, she or it |  |
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| you all | |
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| you my friend | |
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| I | |
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| they | |
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| we | |
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| Which rules of contraction are applied? | ||
| 1. ό + ε becomes ........... 2. ό + ει becomes ........... 3. ό + ῃ becomes ........... 4. ό + ο becomes ........... 5. ό + ου becomes ........... 6. ο + ό becomes ........... | ||
Practice these forms of δουλοῦσθαι and ἐλευθεροῦσθαι in a meaningful way, i.e. use the right half of your brain (pictures, sounds, smells, feelings):
Who or what is enslaved? where? when? why?
What or who is made free? not freed? Who or what else is enslaved and not set free?