PA 1058 R59 1896 MAIN Tactical Method in Modern Greek Ri^o- Rangafoe UC-NRLF $B 73M D3b GiNN 8^ CoMp GIFT OF ^y.)fU Rp 2 (T 9 ^ a ^ ^Lj/jia Seegma T T y ^2 Tav Taf T U 9/ '*' "TyjnXov Eepsilon ^ ^ / ^l Fee X X ^ ^ XI Hee ^ t 3^ / ^i Psee a ft) Z/ 4r ^Difieya Omegha 2 <^; \: 'A\^^X: TIC AL METHOD / ' '. ' ''' \ / ' * >• * * r . . '^''eSv'^iv^a. — Vowels. 2. There are seven vowels in the Greek alphabet. They are pronounced as follows : — a : like a in father; e.g. TraT-qp, father, pron. pateer ; yoXa, milk, pron. ghala. e: like e in well; e.g. OiXoi, I wish, pron. thello ; cSw, here, pron. etho. ' all three like ee in eel; e.g. '^fir), fame, pron. feemee ; 6xh no, pron. dhee ; vSwp, water, pron. eethor. When t is subscript it is not pronounced ; e.g. a.-^a.-Ka., he loves, pron. aghapa. o fboth like o in on; e.g. ovoq, ass, pron. onnoss ; yviofirj, (o I opinion, pron. ghnommee. 2v^({>a>va. — Consonants. 3. The consonants are pronounced as follows : — /3='Z/; e.g. ^cjStttws, certainly, pron. vev^oss. 7 : before a and o sounds and before all consonants, some- thing between g and // {^gh^, or like g in the German words tragen, Wagner; e.g. ypd(o, / write, pron. ghrafo ; yoAa, milh, pron. ghdla. Before « and i sounds, like j^' in ^^j,' e.g. yrj, earth, pron. yee ; yepiov, oM man, pron. yeron. The combinations yy and yx, like ng in England; e.g. dyyXta, pron. angle(5a ; oyKos, w^jx, pron. dngoss. In yx the y has the sound of ng (nasal) in sing; e.g. €yx«Av?, eel, pron. dng-helleess. h = th in though; e.g. St'Sw, T give, pron. theetho. In the vulgar idiom after v it has the sound of d-, e.g. hivhpov, tree, pron. thendron. ^=0; ^.^. ^^Xos, i:^^/, pron. zetfloss. IN MODERN GREEK. 3 6 = th in think; e.g. ddXaa-a-a, sea, pron. thalassa. K = k\ e.g. KYJ7ro<;, garden, pron. keeposs. The combination yK, like ng in England; e.g. avyKaXG), I convoke, pron. seengalo. \ = / ; e.g. XvKos, wolf, pron. leekoss. yi = ni\ e.g. }K'i]Tr]p, mother, pron. meeteer. V =n; e.g. vv^, flight, pron. neex. In the vulgar idiom, if the following word begins with ir, v has the sound of m ; e.g. tov iraripa, the father (ace), pron. torn batdra. ^ — xm excuse; e.g. ^r}p6<:, dry, pron. xeerdss. ir=p\ e.g. irvp,fre, pron. peer. After /x, like ^ ; e.g. ifinpoq, forward, pron. embrdss. p = r; e.g. pltttw, I throw, pron. reepto. o- = i-; e.g. o-w/xa, body, pron. sdmma. Before /8, 8, y, fx, and p, like z ; e.g. a^vvw, /extinguish, pron. zveeno. T = t; e.g. rpiTo^, third, pron. treetoss. After v, like ^; e.g. lvT6=f; e.g. 6l3o<;, fear, pron. fdvoss. X : before a and o sounds and all consonants a little thicker than /z in heart, or like the German ch in ^(9^/// ^.^. X^P^i J^yj pron. hard (khara); x<^P"' country, pron. hdra (khdra). Before e and t sounds, like h in he; e.g. x^^P^ hand, pron. heer. ■\^=ps', e.g. ij/vxy, soul, pron. pseehee. At<|>9o7"Yoi. — Diphthongs. 4. There are eight diphthongs, pronounced as follows: — ai = e\x\. 7vell ; e.g. at/xa, blood, pron. emma. et ( all three like ee in eel ; e.g. eXxov, I had, pron. eehon ; OL < otKo?, house, pron. eekoss ; vio's, j-^;?, pron. eedss i^i I (vlg. yoss). av €V rjv A PRACTICAL METHOD ' before all vowels and the consonants /^, y, S, ^, A, /a, v, p respectively, like «z/, ^7^, eev; e.g. avXrj, courts pron. avlee; evSaifioiv, happy ^ pron. evthemon; tfipov^ I founds pron. eevron. Before the consonants ^, k, ^, tt, o-, t, <^, X) ^^ like ^, ^ ^ are long ; the vowels t and o are short ; the vowels a, t, v are sometimes, long and sometimes short. 7. All diphthongs are long ; but ai and ol are short when they are at the end of a word, with a few unimportant exceptions. 8. These distinctions of quantity make no difference whatever in the pronunciation of these vowels an'd diph- thongs ; but it is necessary to know them, as they affect the accentuation of the words. Breathings. 9. All Greek words beginning with a vowel must have a breathing placed above this vowel. If the word begins with a diphthong, the breathing is placed above the second vowel. IN MODERN GREEK. 5 10. There are two breathings, the rough (*) and the smooth ('). 11. The majority of Greek words take the smooth breathing. 12. The vowel v at the beginning of a word always takes the rough breathing. 13. Of the consonants only p at the beginning of a word takes the rough breathing. When two pp meet in the middle of a word, the first takes the smooth and the second the rough breathing ; e.g. Oappo^, courage, pron. tharross. 14. One learns the words that receive the rough breathing only by long practice. It may be of help to remember that English words derived from the Greek always begin with h when the corresponding Greek word has the rough breathing ; e.g. hypnotize from vttvos ; harmony from dp/xovia ; hero from ■^pio TipXv for ctt' Ty/xlv; ku^' -^/xtts for Kar' ^/Aas. Accents. '?',> 16. There are three accents in Greek, the acute ("), the grave (^), and the circumflex (^). 17. The accent can stand only on one of the last three syllables of a word. The syllable on which the accent is placed is pronounced with greater stress than the rest ; e.g. TTore, when, pron. pdte ; Trore, never, pron. pote. 18. The grave accent is written in place of the acute on the last syllable of a word, unless the word terminates a sentence. 6 A PRACTICAL METHOD 19. The circumflex can be placed only on one of the last two syllables, either on a long final syllable (e.g. t^s ti/a^s, of honor, pron. teess teemeess), or on a long penultimate if the final syllable is short {e.g. (raLpa, ball, pron. ssfera ; Ci^v, I had, pron. eehon). Rule to be committed to memory: Long before final short, circumflex. 20. The acute can be placed on any one of the last three syllables. Short vowels, when accented, always take the acute. A long penultimate, if accented, takes the acute when it is followed by a long final syllable ; e.g. dp-^vrf, peace, pron. eereenee. Rule to be committed to memory: Long before final long, acute. 21. When the last syllable is long, the accent cannot be on the third syllable, but has to descend to the penultimate {e.g. the genitive of av^/owTros, man, is dv^pwTrov, because the termination is long). This rule is not always adhered to in the vulgar idiom ; e.g. evKoXrj, easy, pron. efkolee ; da-xrjfir}, ugly, pron. assheemee. 22. As a rule all the terminations of verbs and of the genitives of nouns, which are long and accented on the last syllable, take the circumflex • e.g. AuAw, / speak, pron. Ial6 ; XttAcTs, thou speakest ; rt/Aiys, of honor ; kukov aBckov, of a bad brother. Punctuation. 23. The period, the comma, and the note of exclamation are the same as in English. The semicolon is a period at the top of the line ('), and the mark of interrogation is like the English semicolon (,*). The apostrophe (*) is written over the place of an elided vowel ; e.g. dXA* cyw, but I, pron. alegho, for dXAa cyw, aid eghd. IN MODERN GREEK. 7 24. EXERCISE.i (To be read aloud.) 'Ez'w 8* et? TOcavTTjv Oeatv rjrov 77 fici'^^r), Xeyovcnv While in stick position was the battle, they say oTi eXafJLyIre /Lteya (f>(b<; i/c r?}? 'EXefcrti^o?, ^%09 8e ^A«^ flashed (a) great light from {the) - Eleusis, {a) sound Kol (^(ovrf eTrXrjpcoae to Sptd^^ )c 'EvcoTcis. — Present. 36. cxa>, I have. €xofi€v, we have. £X€is, thou hast. ^X*^*> y^^ have. Ix^if he (or she) has. lyovm (vlg. ^xow), they have. 37 • Note i, — The second person singular, ^x"s, is always used in addressing intimate friends and inferiors. 38. Note 2. — The form ^xo*"* for the third person plural is the one generally used in conversation, but the literary form Ix^^O't is aUone used in writing. IN MODERN GREEK. 11 39, Remark i. — 'Exw, as all active verbs, always takes its object in the accusative. 40. Remark 2. — The interrogative form is the same, being only distinguished by the inflexion of the voice, and in writing by the sign ; ^ 'EpttTiinaTiKdv. — Interrogative. 41. €x; have 11 cxo/oiev; have we 1 Ixcts; hast thou 1 'X^^e; have you 1 Ix"/ has he (or she)'i l^vai; (ixpvv;) have they? 'Ovofiara. — Nouns. OvS^Tcpa. — Neuter* . 42. TO ij/di/xt, bread. to aAaTt, salt, TO o-ttTTovvt, soap. 43. Remark. — The neuter ending t, so common in Modern Greek, is derived from the ancient diminutive termination iov (second declen- sion), of which the two final letters are generally left out in the nom. and ace. singular, while in the gen. singular and in the plural the i is pronounced like the English y in yes, and almost forms a diphthong with the final vowels (see § 5). The genitive of these nouns, both singular and plural, is always accented on the last syllable, and takes a circumflex. The accusative is always like the nominative ; there is no dative. 44. They are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Nom. TO ij/iJifXt. Ta \J/o)fXLd. Gen. TOV tl/uyjXLOV. rwv «/fo)/xitov. Ace. TO \j/Q)fJl.l. Ta tj/iDfJiid. 12 A PRACTICAL METHOD 45. In the same way are declined the following nouns*: — TO rpairi^L, table. to XaSt, oil. TO KXetSt, key. TO ^eiSi, vinegar, ro iraiSt', ^^j^. ^ to Kpavi^ wine. TO KopLTCTLy girl. TO fioLTi, eye. TO TrairovTO-Lj shoe. , to kovtL^ box. TO KpeftpaTL, bed. to p.av8v\i, handkerchief. 46. TO KpePPdTL Tov iraiSiov, the bed of the boy {the boy's bed). TO KovTi TOV KopiTaiov, the box of the girl (the girVs box). TO, KAeiSia Twv TratSttuv, the keys of the boys {the boys' keys). 47* '^'^h ov, pretty. aaxrjfir]^ ao-xry/xov, ugly. cvKoXrj^ evKokov, easy. Sva-KoXrj ^ Bva-KoXov, difficult. cSw, Aere. iKCL, there. EXERCISES. ^pf.yp.kvo%^ fO$ » VWTTOS yUoki'kf^ o-rcvos € It^ evfiopKfios 64. TTov; where 1 65. IIoi) eivai TO ^elSi kol to XdSt; 'ESos, evKoXoi^ etc. * The verb elo-^e is put in the plural, instead of in the singular, out of politeness; the' adjective remains in the singular. IN MODERN GREEK. 17 66. The bread is good. — Is the salt good ? No, it is wet. — Where is the key ? Here it is (e3a) ehat). — Is the box open ? No, the box is not open, it is shut. — Are they good (neuter) ? No, they are bad. — Is it dry } No, it is wet. — Have you good bread ? Yes, we have good bread. — Where is it ? There. — Have they good oil .-* No, they have bad oil. — Are the shoes wet } No, they are dry. — Where are the boy and the girl ? Here they are. — Is the girl pretty ? No, she is ugly. — Has the girl pretty eyes ? Yes, she has pretty eyes. 18 A PRACTICAL METHOD t-^ CK/^0j LESSON IV. Verbs. napaTaTkK6s. — Imperfect. ^ p O V n s 67. (xypv (vlg. "xa)? I had. elxofxev (vlg. cixa/xcv), we had. ctx€s, thou hadst. ttxere (vlg. «xaTc), ^^« had. etx€, he (or .f^^) had. elxov (vlg. cix'^v), //^^7 had. 68. Remark. -^ The auxiliary verb ^x'^* I have, is defective and has only one past tense ; elxoi/ stands at the same time for the imperfect, I was having, the perfect, / have had, the pluperfect, / had had, and the aorist, / had. The classic second aorist iaxov is sometimes used in the literary language. First Declension. 69. In Modern Greek there are six declensions of nouns. 70. The first declension contains feminine nouns ending in t) and a, and masculine nouns ending in ry? and as. 71. The feminine nouns ending in ry are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Nom. r\ TLfXT], honor. at riftai'. Gen. T^s Tt/M^s. tcov ri/xoiv. Dat. r^ Tf-fJ^V' '''"■^'* '"''■l^'*- Ace. rrfv Tifirfv. ra^ TLixd<:. Voc. (like Nom.) (like Nom.) IN MODERN GREEK. 19 72. In the same way are declined the nouns: — y\ rj, top. ^ l^°OCli ^^11^^' v} (TeXt^vrj, moon. r} KeC3v, etc. This rule does not apply to adjectives, as we shall see later on. 74. aXXd (dXX* before a vowel), but. ri; what? Kan (vlg. KctTt Tt), something. riTroTe, nothing. Scv Ixw TtTTOTc, I have nothing (lit. I haven't nothing). EXERCISES. 75. ''E;^eTe/caTt; MaXicrra, €X(^ kcltl. — Tiexere; "E;^© TO /cXecSl Tov KOVTLOv. — ElaOc KaX6<; ; "O^t, ^^v el/iuL fcaXof;, el/JLai KUKO'i. — El^^^e to ttulSI KaXa nrairovTaia ; 20 A PRACTICAL METHOD "O'X^t, TO TraiSl Sev el'^e koKcl irairovTaia^ aXKa to KopiTCTL €l%€. — Tt €;^€t9 / Tlttotc. — Et^exe KaXrjv Tpo7)V, €i')(^0/JL€V KaK1]V. EZl^at 77 ) sister. — Where is the court ? Here it is. — The rising of the moon. — Had you a letter of the boy's sister ? Yes, I had a letter. ^ Omit the indefinite article. IN MODERN GREEK. 21 LESSON V. .Verbs {continued). Imperfect of Etp.au 77. The imperfect of the verb ei/xat, I am^ is as follows: — ■^/Aiyv (vlg. rjfiovv), I was. 5cro (vlg. 170-0 w), thou wast. r]ro iy]rov before a vowel, vlg. ^^av), he (or she) was. TJfjieOa (vlg. rjnaaOcj ^/Aao-re), we were. rjaOe (vlg. rjarre), you were. r](Tav (vlg. ^Tttv), //z^' Z£/^r^. 78. Like l^w, the auxiliary verb ci/ttat has only one past tense, tJ/at/v. First Declension (continued). 79. Feminine nouns of the first declension ending in a may be subdivided into two categories : first, those that have a vowel or the consonant p before the final a ; second, those that have any other consonant than p before the final a. 80. The nouns of the first category are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Nom. y] yp.pa.^ joy. at ^pai. Gen. T^s ^a/oas- Ttui/ ^apwy. Dat. T77 x^P?-- '''"''^ ya.pal%. Ace. T^V ^a.p6.V. TOLS X"-P^^- Voc. (Hke Nom.) (like Nom.) 22 A PRACTICAL METHOD 81. In the same way are declined the following nouns: — Tj oiKia, house. y] (roaipa, bally sphere, rj xoipa, country, rj 17/w.cpa, day. ^ i\iCKva.y friendship, rj dyopd, market. 17 iXevOepca, liberty, rj y€vpa, bridge. rj wirpa, stone. 17 Ovpa, door. 7] o-Kto, shadow, rj KapSca, heart. 17 vycta, health. 17 dcr^cVcta, illness. ^ ratvia, ribbon. (For further examples see Vocab. II.) 82. Remark i. — a. It is important to note that the termination aj of the genitive singular of these nouns is always long, and, when the accent falls upon it, this accent is always a circumflex ("); e.g. rri% XapaJ, T'^s d7opas. 83. b. If the accent falls on the penultimate syllable, then it must always be an acute (') ; eg. t^s c^pas, t^j ijfji^pas, ttjs aoias. 84. c. If in the nominative the accent falls on the antepenultimate, then in the genitive it will descend to the penultimate and be an acute, as in the above case (b) ; eg. rj yiv/3as, the shadows (ace.) of the bridge. IN MODERN GREEK. 23 87. Feminine adjectives ending in a are also declined in the same way ; e.g. dyta, saintly^ holy (fem.). kXtvOipa, free. KaOapa, pure, dean. d^ta, worthy. $7]pd, dry. av€pd, manifest, evident. (For further examples see the masculine adjectives of the following declensions.) 88. ^ dytia (To^ta, holy ivisdom. at KaOapal KapSiaL, pure hearts. rd? cAcv^cpas ^poM, free countries (ace). T^s v dyiuiv rjfxepQv, of holy days. 90. pov, my. /u,as, our. crov, thy. o-a?, your. Tov, Trjs, Tov, his, her, its. rmv, their. 91. These pronouns are put immediately after the noun to which they belong ; e.g. ^ KapSta p.ov, my heart; 17 <^iXtd era?, your friendship. Their accent is absorbed in the pre- ceding word if this word is accented on the final syllable {e.g. yapd p-ov), W has an acute on the penultimate {e.g. KapSCa p.ov) ; but if it has a circumflex on the penultimate (e.g. araLpa), or if the accent is on the antepenultimate (e.g. yevpa), then the accent of the pronoun is added on the last syllable of the preceding word and becomes an acute ; e.g. (Tf^alpd p.ov, ye(f}vpd p.ov. 24 A PRACTICAL METHOD EXERCISES. • 92. Efc;j^€T€ Triv (j)t\{av rov; "Oxh ^€v el^ov rrjv rifir^v TTJ^ (fytXia^ Tov. — ^Ha-de ek (at) rrjv ayopdv ; "O^h rjiXTjV €69 Tr]v Ovpav T7j<; auX/J?. — At jcovtat t^9 j€ ^^^ Tft) i^t^^ (neut.). 1 The vulgar form of the verb is here used because Kpacl belongs to the vulgar idiom. The literary form, ayopa^ovai, vk^ould demand the use of the literary word for wine, olvov. 2 These pronouns are shortened forms of aurAi/, ayrijc, avrb, etc., the accusatives of the personal pronoun of the third person. Instead of rbv €xw the literary form exw cirrbv is used in writing. 26 A PRACTICAL METHOD 97* Toi/ l^w, / have him. hlv Tov €x<«>, / haven^t him. Tov aKoud), / hear him. Scv Tr}v €x^y I haven't her. Sev TO dyopd^io, I do not buy it. Tov^ €X(o, I have them (masc). h\v TOLs exdi, f haven't them (fern.). Bkv TO. oLKoviOy I do not hear them (neut.). First Declension {continued). 98. The second category of feminine nouns of the first declension ending in a (see § 79) comprises those that have a consonant other than p before the final a. 99. They are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Nom. y) y\o-(rai. Gen. T^S yAwcrtr?;?. TUiv yXtoa-a-dv. Dat. Try yXoifTorri. rats yXoxraai^. Ace. r-qv yX^opd8a, mare. 7} Xd}XTra, lamp. rj <{)ovKTa, handful. rj KoXu)va, column. rj ij/dOa, straw matting. r) Trao-ra, paste. rj j/'ix^, soft part of bread. 104. rj ^ovpraa rrj's 8ovXadyoi, ivhen you return^ I shall eat ; avpiov ' dyopao-cu aprov, to-morrow I shall buy bread. It is conjugated in the same manner as the first future. It is formed with 06. and the aorist sub- junctive (see § 212). 118. da ayopda-oj, / shall buy (simply) . Oa etTno, / shall say. 6a aKov(To), I shall hear. 6a ^dyta, I shall eat. 119. The second future of some verbs, like the aorist, is formed on a different stem from that of the present, as Xtyco, Tpwyo), etc. (see above). "Exw and flpuat have only the first future. First Declension {continued). 120. Masculine nouns of the first declension end in 175 and as ; they are declined as follows Singular. Plural. 121. Norn. 6 KXcTTTiys, thief. Ot KAcTTTai. Gen. rov kXItttov. TWV kXcTTTWV. Dat. T

u), I write. 6a ypd\J/(i) (second future), I shall write. ypdo) CIS Tov ra/xtav/ / write to the cashier. 130. Note. — When the indirect object is a personal pronoun, in the literary language the dative is used without any preposition, i.e. fwi, to me, eLq, you write to me. croi ((Tov) ypd(jD, I write to thee. TO) {tov) ypd(i)y I write to her. ypdovv), they write to you. Tots (Tov6,4>(a rip ratilq.. IN MODERN GREEK. 35 ^^iroTaKTLKrj. — Subjunctive. 134. An example of the conjugation of the subjunctive has been given (§ 112) in the conjugation of the future. The tenses in the forms that follow have the same distinc- tion of meaning as in the future. The verb ^e'Ato, I wish, is here prefixed in order to make the meaning clearer. Present. I35« ^e'Xo) V dyopd^cD, I wish to buy (habitually). OeXeLs V dyopd^rj7rov^. Voc. avOpcoTre. (like Nom.) 140. In the same way are declined : — dSeXc^ds, brother. 17X10?, sun. ai/cj/^ios, nephew. X6L\o^, friend. iraXo?, Italiati. lyBpd\rrj et? tov e/nropov ; ' O^L, OeXeL va ypd-^rj €t9 tov av^vyov tt}? aSeX^^? tov. — Hov elvai 6 daXapio^ tov KrjTrovpov ; ^Ivai et? tov KTJTTOV. — No/itfet 6 (^tXo9 tov a8e\(f)ov aa^ otl 6 Spofiof; elvat Ka\6<; ; MaXtcrra. — Tt 6a vofiLay 6 fjLdy€tpo€L 6 av^vry6<; aov irepl {about, with gen.) tov QavdTOV TOV d^LcofiaTiKOv ; No/-n''fa) otl /jloI ypdipet. — Uov etvai rj oL/cLa TOV Kvpiov ; Eli^at ek tov \6(f)ov. — Tt deXcTe, KvpLe ; Aev deXco TtTrore. 38 A PRACTICAL METHOD i43» Does the gardener's nephew think that the weather is good ? No, he thinks that it is bad. — What will your brother's friend think when (orav) he hears the noise in the stable ? He will think that the doctor's horse is bad (vicious). — Does the merchant's clerk wish to buy a good garden ? No, he always wishes to buy (be buying) horses. — Do you wish me to write to the mayor ? No, I wish you to write to his sister's husband. — This (auro? 6) German is an officer.^ — Have you heard about (Trept, with genitive) the death of our enemy ? — Have you bought tobacco ? I have not bought it, because (Stort) I haven't a cent. 1 Omit the article. IN MODERN GREEK. 39 LESSON IX. Verbs {continued^. Future {continued). 144. Pres. dvotyo), I open. Imp. ^i/otyov, I opened {was opening), 2 Fut. 6* avoi^ui^ I shall open. Pres. ap€(TK(i), I please. Imp. T^peo-Kov, I pleased, 2 Fut. ^' dp€(To)y I shall please. 145. Remark. — In the vulgar idiom the person pleased is put in the accusative (sometimes in the genitive), without any preposition if the person is expressed by a personal pronoun, and with the pre- position cts if it is expressed by a noun. 146. E.g. fik dp€r)Te ; do you like to write ? Tovs (ras) dpia-Kei, they (masc, fem.) like. dpearK€L eU to. KopCrcna, the girls like. 147. Note. — In the literary language the dative of the personal pronoun is used with dpiaKu in the same way as with ypdcfxa (§§ 130, 131). In the vulgar idiom the k is often dropped in the present of the above verb and dp^aei is used for dp4, /see. Imp. t(3X€7rov, / was seeing. 2 Fut. ^a tSo), /shall see (irregular). I53« Remark. — When a verb begins with a. vowel, this becomes long in the imperfect and other past tenses of the indicative ; if the verb begins with a consonant, the past tenses take an e at the beginning. This is called the augment. 154. ^, or. 1x^1% if/iofu y Kpaat; have you bread or wine ? ciTc . . . etT€,^ either . . . or. €iT€ B* oKowrys elre 6a i8/;s, you shall either hear or see. ovT€ . . . ovT€,^ neither . . . nor. h\v €xo) ovre tf/oyfil ovrt Kpaa-L, / have neither bread nor wine. dTTo (with accusative), /r^w. aTTo Ttts * k$Yivaov, on the hill. CIS TO Oearpov, at the theatre. Second Declension {continued). 157. Feminine nouns of the second declension also end in OS, like the masculine, and are declined like them ; e.g. Singular. Plural. 158. Nom. T\ 680s, street. at 68ot. Gen. T^s 680V. rwi' oSwi/. Dat. r^ 68a). rats 68oIs. Ace. Ty]V 680V. TttS 680VS. Voc. 68€. (like Nom.) 159. In the same way are declined : — y\ oifxfxos, sand. rj fxWoSos, method, y] cicro8os, entrance. ^ v^o"os, island. y X€/x,j8os, doat. rj voa-os, disease. (For further examples see Vocab. VII.) 160. Like 680s are also declined the feminine adjectives having in common with their masculines the termination os, such as CVK0A.0S, easy ; 8vcrKo\o<;, difficult ; cvfxop(fiosy pretty ; ao-xTy/uos, ugly., etc. (see § 63, note 2). 161. oX kiixftoL eti/at cis rrjv OaXacraav, the boats are in the sea. aX 68ot Twv 'A^>;va>i/, the streets of Athens. ■7 afxfjLos Trj, I write. Imp. eypaov, I was writing. 2 Fut. ^a ypa\f/(jD, I shall write. Aor. iypaif/a, I wrote. Pres. Tret^o), I persuade. Imp. cTret^ov, I was persuading. Fut. ^a TTctcro), / shall persuade. Aor. €7reto-a, I persuaded. 44 A PRACTICAL METHOD 169. In a similar way, the aorist of dyopa^w, / buy, is yyopaaa ; of vofii^a), I think, is iv6fx.L(Ta ; of dvoiyu), I open^ is rivoi^a ; of apea-Kio, I please, is ypeaa ; of ^cAw, / zez/i"^, is i7^cAi;(ra.^ 170. This is called the first aorist, and most verbs have no other. The few verbs that have a second aorist have generally no first aorist. The second aorist is dis- tinguished from the first in that the terminations in the indicative are those of the imperfect, and in that the stem is generally different from or simpler than that of the present. 171. Pres. Aeyw, I say. pXiirm, I see. Imp. iXiyov, I was saying. t^Xtirov, I was seeing. 2 Fut. ^a ctTTw, / shall say. da iSw, / shall see. 2 Aor. ctTTov, I said. ctSoi/, I saw. Pres. rpwyw, I eat. )8aAA(o, I put. Imp. trpinyov, I was eating. tfiaXXov, I was putting. 2 Fut. ^a dy(x), I shall eat. Oa ySa'Atu, / shall put. 2 Aor. tayov, I ate. tfiaXov, I put. 172. Note. — In the vulgar idiom the second aorist is used with the terminations of the first, omitting The present was originally idiXu, and this form still appears in the imperfect and aorist indicative, the e being lengthened by the augment into rj. The aorist of diXu is altogether irregular, being formed on the stem ^^\e. IN MODERN GREEK. 45 Second Declension {continued'). 173. Neuter nouns of the second declension end in ov, and are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Nom. TO Pl^Xlov, book. Ttt ^L^Xta. Gen. rov ^l^Xlov. TWl/ ^L^XLiav. Dat. TW ^L^XLtO. roU pipXiOL^. Ace. TO ^L^XiOV. Ttt pL^Xta. Voc. (like Nom.) (like Nom.) 174. Remark. — The termination a of the plural in neuter nouns is in all cases short. 175. In the same way are declined : — avyoi/ (lit. woV), egg. PovTvpov, butter. ypa^ctov, office^ desk. SevSpov, tree. Sw/AttTtov, room. Siopov, gift. ipyaXeiov, instrument. Oearpov, theatre. nrirLKov, cavalry. ^vAoi/, wood., stick (also a beating). TrapdOvpovj window. ire^tKoVj infantry. irXotov, ship. TrpoParov, sheep. ^»oh TTvpo^oXov, gun. TTvpof^oXiKov, artillery. poSov (lit.), rose. AcTTTov, minute., centime, u^k^iov^ plan. ft^Aov, apple. raxoSpofxeiov, post-office. vepov (lit. vBoyp), TpLavTdvXXov (vlg.), rose. water. ra-iydpov (vlg.), cigar. ^€vo8o;(£tov, hotel. ^(optov, village. rjTff O «? /T T 1. V ft (For further examples see Vocab. VIII.) 46 A PRACTICAL METHOD 170. EiScTc TO Sa)/u,aTtov tov a$L(DfiaTLKov ; did you see the officer^ s room ? Ta rpLavTd(f>v\Xa eivai eis to irapdOvppv tov Ta^vSpo/xciov, t/ie roses are in the post-office window. o-as apia-K€L to ax^^iov tov x^p^ov; do you like the plan of the village ? TO KopaxTLOv yyopacre to. firjXa dvTi (/or, with gen.) ircKTc (5) XcTTToiv Koi TO. €aye, the girl bought the apples for five centimes and ate them, irov €paX.€<; to. ipyaXeid fiov ; where did you put my instruments ? TO. ipaXov CIS TO ypa(f}ei6v (ras, I put them in your office. EXERCISES. 177. *I{y6paae<; to, avya tov iravTOirooiXov ; Aev ra '^yopaaa, Slotl 8ev rjaav vcoTrd. — "Hkovo-cv 6 Kad7]6v /jLoy. — *'E^a7€ to TraiSl tu /jlIJ^ji tov KTjTrovpov ; "Op^t, ol vavTat Ta ecjyayov. — *'E;)^€t 6 epydTtjfi to. epyaXeld TOV ; M-dXiaTa. — Yiov elvai to, Taiydpa p.ov; Wtvai elf; TO BoDfidTLov aa^. — *'E;)^ei to ^evoho')(elov KaXov vepov; To vepov TOV ^evoho')(eiov elvai KaXov. — ^Ivai to epya- Tielov TOV ipyaTOV cnro {of) ^vXov rj airo aiSijpov; Out€ Att^ (vXov elvai ovre htro cChripoVf elvai aird ;^a\/f(^i/. IN MODERN GREEK. 47 178. Where is the merchant's office ? It is in the court of the post-office. — Are the grocer's eggs good ? No, they are not fresh. — Did the teacher buy your books } Yes, he bought them. — Did the boys eat the gardener's apples .-* No, the boys did not eat them ; the girls ate them. — Did you see yesterday the infantry and the cavalry } No, I did not see them ; my friend saw them. — Do you like the plan of the garden.? I like it, but my brother does not like it. — Did you buy the grocer's eggs.? Yes, I bought them. — Are the rooms of the hotel good .? The rooms are good, but the butter and the water are not good. — Where did you put the girl's roses } I put them in the window. 48 A PRACTICAL METHOD n9 t^,<^t>\^c.^t^j x^ 179. LESSON XL Verbs (conti?med). 'OpLo-TiKTj Indicative. V '/^ c^cc/^ Pres. KadapL^oi, I dean. Imp. €KaOdpi^ov, I was cleaning. Fut. ^a Ka6apL(rii), I shall clean. A or. iKaOdpLGTa, I cleaned. 180. The perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect are formed by combining the present, imperfect, and future of the auxiliary verb cx^ with the aorist infinitive, which always ends in « ; e.g.^ Perf . l^in KaOapLcrei, I have cleaned. Pluperf . Ct^ov Ka9apL(Tei, I had cleaned. Fut. Perf. ^a Ixw KaOapLcru, I shall have cleaned. 181. Remark. — In these compound tenses 6xw and tTxoj/ are alone conjugated, as given in §§ 36, 67 and 114, while Kadapltrei remains unchanged. Ka6apl, I get. iXdfxftavov, I was getting. OaXd/io}, /shall get. ^Xaftov, /got. tX"^ A.a/?£t, / have got. €ixov Xd^ei, / had got. $a 1x0) Xdfiu, /shall have got. IN MODERN GREEK. 49 184. Start; why 2 Stort, because. Tt KafjLvere; how do you do? '7rCi>Y)€Ta ilfiofxi kol oXiyov Tvpi, a slice of bread and some {a little) cheese, iva KOfi/xdrL \p(i>pX kol oXtya o-ra^vAta, a piece of bread and some (a few) grapes, (See p. 28, note, for the nominative used instead of the genitive.) IN MODERN GREEK. 51 EXERCISES. 192. ^lari hlv eicaddpiae to Kopirai to /caXafidpi ; Aev TO ifcaddpca-e 8i6ti Sev el'xe Kaipov {time). — Etp^ere dyei, da Ta dy(o avpiov. — Tt etx^re vofiiaei OTav €o8eT€ TO ayopt /jlov; El%oi/ vofiiaeL otc t/to /copiTai. — Sa? elxov apeaet to. (TTacfyvXia; MdXL(TTa. 193. Did you clean the lamp, and did you put a wick (in it)? I have cleaned the lamp, but I did not put a wick (in it), because I had not (any). — Had you eaten the melon when I got the wine .-* I was eating it when you got the wine. — What were the boys doing when the professor saw them ? They were eating his nephew's cheese. — Had the boy put the books in the carriage when he saw the teacher ? The boy had seen the teacher when he put the books in the box. — What did the boys eat to-day.-* They ate a slice of melon and some cheese. — Where is my inkstand.^ It is in your office. 52 A PRACTICAL METHOD LESSON XII. Verbs {continued). Indicative {continued). 194. iXirL^o), I hope. ciAtti^oi/, / was hoping. ^Xirct^oy 6a iX.7ri(T(a, I shall hope. eiXirwra, / hoped. y^ ^ ^ ^"^ txoi cAttictci, I have hoped. €l-)(pv iXiricreL, I had hoped. 6a ex^ eX.iri(T€L, I shall have hoped. 195. iXTTL^o) oTL 6a Tov tSo), I hopc that I shall see him. iXTTL^o) va TOV tSco, I hope to see him. 196. Remark. — Verbs beginning with a, e, 0, au, at, 01 augment the past tenses as follows : a and e are changed to >/, to w, ox to iju, at and 01 to r; and y. The other vowels and diphthongs are not changed, except that i and u, if short, become long. — "ExtiJ, iSn^i^ and a few others are an exception to this rule, and change t into ei instead of tj. I97» ^TOifia^o), /prepare, -^TOLfxa^ov, 6a CTOifidaa), yfTOifAjaa-a^ ()((D €TOLfldt\o<: dy€i TO ylroo/jLv koI el^ov ttUl to Kpaal irpo tov KaTairXov tov ttXolov. — Uov evpe to, oaTo, tov aBeXcfyov tov 6 irXoi- apxo^; Ta evpev ek ttjv vrjaov. — Sa? ofioid^ei 6 aveyjnof; a7€9 o\ov to TreirovL; '0)(i, e^ayov fjLovov iiCav (f>€Tav. 209. Have the sailors prepared the ships for depart- ure ? No, they will prepare them to-morrow and the day after. — Are they right ? No, they are wrong. — Have the passengers drunk the wine which they had got for the passage } Yes, they had drunk it before their arrival. — When do you hope to see your brother ? I had hoped to see him yesterday, but I think that I shall see him to-morrow. — Does he resemble you {cra^ preceding the verb).^ He resembled me when (orav) we were little boys, but now he does not resemble me. 56 A PRACTICAL METHOD LESSON XIII. Verbs (continued). *T'n-oTaTiK^rj Subjunctive. 210. Iva (vlg. va), that. nplv rj (vlg. trpiv), before, aifux w^ (vlg. aifxa), as soon as. OTTO)?, in order that. fxrj, lest. 211. The above particles take either the subjunctive (see § i86) or the future indicative (composed of Qa. and the present or aorist subjunctive, §§ 113, 117). Compare the use of ai/, eav, OTttV (§ 1 86). 212. The subjunctive mood has three tenses : present, aorist, and perfect. They are conjugated as follows : — Present. ypa(t>. ypdr}<:. ypdct>rj. ypafiev. ypd(t>(n (vlg. -ovv). Aorist. ypdij/iii. ypd\f/r)<:. ypd^l/y. ypdif/topicv. ypdif/rjre {-(-Te). ypdipwa-L (-ovv). Perfect. €\€^. 6a €t;(es ypd\J/€i. 6a eypa€. 6a ct^€ ypdxj/u. 6a €ypdoix€v. 6a et)(oix€v ypdxpu. 6a iypdov. 6a e?;(oi/ ypdij/eL. 215. The conditional imperfect can also be formed with the imperfect of the verb 6e\o), I wish., and the modern representative of the classical present infinitive ; e.g. r]6i.\ov ypd€L. '^6e\ofi€v ypd€i. rj6iX.es ypdei. rj6€X€ ypd€L. 7J6€\ov ypd€L. 216. apxL (OS cx^re (ftdyet, as soon as you have eaten, irplv y ypd\{/Y]Te, de/ore you write. lav Xdfir] Ttjv iTncTToXijv, 6a tX6y, if he receives the letter., he will come, lav y]ro c8w, ^a etxe KaAws, if he were here., it would be well, kav fxye Trpd^CL tovto, rj6€Xev l^^i (^a eix^) kclAws, tf he had done this, it would have been well. 6a rjpx'^TO, iav cAa/x^avc rrjv iina-ToXT^v, he would come, if he received the letter. 58 A PRACTICAL METHOD 6a efxcv €X.6r], iav etxe AaySct rrjv CTrio-ToXiyv, ke would have come, if he had received the letter. V OeXia VOL ^XV^^ ^ayet orav Oa tXOrj, I wish you to have eaten when he comes. ^^cAev Ix^t StKtttov, cav iypa€ Tavra, he would be in the right, if he wrote these things. Oa a-as iypao^€p6<:y terrible. Kpvo6^ aov ivo/jLL^ev otl avTrj rj ireTpa elvaL dcnrpr], el'^ev dSLKOV. — 0eA,€fc 7; Kvpla {the lady) v ayopda-rj d(77rpo(v) yjrciyfjLL; "Oxi', 6e\€L V ayopdarj p,avpo(v). — EIttc? eh tov vTrrjpeTrjv va eTOLfidar) to apLCTTepbv SoyfidTLov irplv (fydyrj; To) elirov va Ka6apiarj to Be^Lov BcofidTLOV d/ia (f>d'yr]. 223. Do you wish to see if the room is clean ? No, I saw that it was clean. — Do the boys hope to get rich 60 A PR A C TICAL ME THOD gifts ? No, they are not foolish ; they only hope to get black and dry bread and cold water. — Had you written to him (tq) or tov at the beginning of the phrase) to clean the old house and to prepare the small room ? I had not written to him then ijoTe), but I wrote to him two days before yesterday. — Do you find the sea beautiful .-* No, the sea is terrible to-day ; I do not like it. — As soon as you have eaten you shall write to the teacher. — Before you put the oil in the lamp, you shall clean it. — If your brother thinks that the boy has written this {avro to) beautiful book, he is wrong. — If he thought it (imperfect, was thinking it), he would have told me {6a /xol to eXeye). — We shall see if you are right. IN MODERN GREEK. 61 LESSON XIV. Verbs {continued). TT-MuTE Verbs. 224. &* d/covo->7S T^v avfi/SovX-Qv fiov; will you hear {listen to) my advice 1 6a vTroypdif/Yj. Tp€(o, nourish^ feed^ lBpo\ia^ 6a 6p€\l/o). TpifSoij rtib^ erpuj/a, 6a rpi,\pu}), vw^ypacpov. The prepositions irepl and irp6 are not elided before the augment e ; e.g. irpo^X^iru) {irpo-p\^iru}), irpo^^Xeirov (irregular aorist TpoeiSop). 231. In the vulgar idiom the augment precedes the preposition if this begins with a consonant ; e.g. avfifiovXevu), advise, eo-v/xjSovAevo-a ; StaraVo-w, command, iSidraia ; nepi- ypd(o, describe, iTrepLypaij/a ; Trpo^A-cVw, foresee, iTrpo/SXeij/a ; Trpo. paTTTo), sow. eppaif/a. 6a paAf/6s, deaf. di/oiKTos, open. /ji€Ov/Mi fxov y to tSiKoi' o-a?; my bread Or your s ? ovT€ TO {{/(ofjiL fjiov, ovTc TO ISiKov Tov, neither my bread nor his. ovT€ TO iSiKov fxov, ovT€ TO ISlkov TOV, neither mine nor his. 242. 6 Kav/xci/09 6 aSeX6<: p.ov, my poor brother. r\ Kavix€vrf 17 d8cA<;^i; fxov, my poor sister. 6 Kavfitvo<:, poor (fellow) / ^ Kavfievrif poor (girl OX woman) I TO Ka.vp.kvo cnriTi, rj Kavp.evYf oiKia, the burnt house. * From KtKavfUvot, perfect participle of the verb kolIui, burn. IN MODERN GREEK. 65 EXERCISES. 243. 2a? i7r€Tpeyjr€v 6 KrjTrovpbf; va KoyjrrjTe jxrfKa eh Tov KYjirov Tov; MdXiara, /^a? eirerpey^e. — Ylpeirei va eLTTTjTe et? ra Kopdata va /jlt) {not to) Tpco'ycDaL irpdaiva firjXa. — No/xi'^ere on 6 v7n]p€T7](; da Ko-sfrij to yjrco/jLL €t9 fiLKpd /co/jLfjidTia; "Op^t, irpeirei va Ta> eiirr^Te. — Tlov elvai 6 KvpLo^ ; AcLTret. — "ETre/xo/re? ret /coK/CLva avya et? ttjv KVpCav ; "0%t, elirov ek tov aSeXcfyov fjLOV va ra Pdy\rrj Kal va TO, 7r€/jiyjr7j. — Tl e^ec to KopiTat cra<;; To Kav- fjLevovf elvai oXiyov ')(^co\6v. — ^^dpey^ev t) vmrjpeTpia to, TTOvXid; 'O v7rr)peT7}(; to, Tpecftec Tcopa. — 'E^j^et o aTpa- TLol)T7)<; TOV LTTTTOV TOV T) TOV IhiKOV flOV ; OvTe TOV ISifCOV (Ta^ e'xeiy ovTe tov ISt/cov tov, ex^t tov lttttov tov a^Ko/jua- TL/COV (eX^I' '^OV TOV a^tCO/iiaTLKOV).^ 244. Has the good-natured gardener allowed the good boys to dig (habitually) in his beautiful garden ? He allowed them (tov^; at the beginning of the phrase) to dig only when the day was not warm. — Had you written to your brother to color fresh eggs red and to send them to the foreign gentleman (/cvptov)? No, my brother was absent (eXecTre), and had hidden the eggs. — Have you lighted the lamp ? Yes ; do you not see that it shines } — Is the door of the garden open ? No, it is shut. — My poor sister is a little (oXljov) deaf. — You must not cut the green apples ; they are not good. — You must cut the bread in small pieces. — Did the boy eat my grapes or yours ? He did not eat either mine or yours; he ate his own. — Where is the cook.? He is drunk. , g^^ 5 3^^ 66 A PRACTICAL METHOD LESSON XV. Verbs {continued). ^-MuTE Verbs. 245. Verbs whose stem ends in a palatal consonant K, y, X (called also K-mutes) unite this with the o- of the aorist, and form the double consonant i. 246. Such verbs are : — dvoiyo), open^ rjvoiia, 6* avoi$(o. Pp^xoi, wet, £^p€$a, $a ppi^io. Trvtyo), drown, iTrn^a, ^a 7rvL$ii)va$a, 6a <^va^o>. (For further examples see Vocab. XXIII.) 251. KvTTa|€ Tov, Trat^ct /u,€ Ttt iraihLa! look at Mm, he is playing with the children I Scv Tretpa^et, // doesn't matter. ^(Dvaic fXLav afxa^av / Call for a carriage! r\ Siarao-o-eTe; what do you command (what are your orders) ? 252. As exceptions to the above rule may be considered the following verbs, most of which have second aorists formed from a simpler or a different stem with the termina- tion OV. 253 • avayti/wo-Ko), read. dveyvoi(Ta,^ 6* dvayi/wo-o). oLTroOvya-Kui, die, dirWavov, 6* dTToddvo). dTro(f>€vyvyov, 6* dirocfivyoi. dpio-KO), please, rjpecra, 6* dpiana. \€ya>, say, elirov, 6a eiTTO). Trdcrxoy, suffer, e7ra6ov, 6a Trd6o). rp(i)y(D, eat. €(f>ayov, 6a (fidyo). ff>€vyw, go away. €vyov, 6a vy(0. 1 Vlg. dXXdfw. 2 Second aorist, dv^vp6viiJioo<;, good-looking, dvoYfToq, stupid, senseless. shapely. dXoyo^, unreasonable. da-xrjfJLoq, ugly, unshapely. -TrapdXoyo*:, unreasonable. cvkoAo?, easy. aTTi'^avos, improbable. ^vr}, da-xr]p.rj, for €VfiopOi, da-\rjfiOi. IN MODERN GREEK. 69 258. 6 ayafjio^i veai/ta?, the unmarried young man. 17 aya/Ltos Kvpia, the unmarried lady. TO ayafxov Kopdaiov, the unmarried girl. 17 VTrrjpiTpLa /xas tlvai dy/oa/x/M,aTOS, our maid-servant is illiterate. cto-at TToXv oLKaOapTos,^ you are very dirty. dXoyoi^ p,ov elvat p6vLfjiod(rL(Ta, d^C^ia, be worth, rjiLO-a, dpxt^(^, begin, ripx^ro., ySaSt^o), walk, i^dSta-a, ^a-TTTL^o), baptize, i^aTma-a, PpdZ,(a, boil, t^paa-a, yefxi^o) (vlg.), Jill, iyifiLaa, 1 See § 267, note i. ayopa(T(o. dSetda-io.^ aTreATrtVo). d7roacrL(Tio. d$LcrL^(ji), paint, i^(i)ypdc. KTL^d), build, €KTL(Ta, 6d KTL(T.^ v/SpL^u), insult, v/Spia-a, 6a v/3pti(Tev wpatav eiKoi/a, Trarres t^v Oavfid^ovaiy he painted a beautiful picture ; all admire it. ippaae to vcpo; has the water boiled (is it boiling) ? KairvL^tTc; do you smoke? 6 /carrvos Sei/ d^t'^et tittotc, /^ tobocco is worth nothing {worthless). Second Declension {continued). 272. Like the contracted nouns of the second declension (§§ 199, 202), are also declined several adjectives, such as ttTrXovs, simple. o-tSiypovs, of iron. SittXovs, double. ^ yaXKov, carry. 278. TToAv, Atav, z/^rj. Tts; ttoTos; (vlg.) w/z^/ 7roA.Aa, »22^^^, /«^/y. TToaov; how much ? EXERCISES. 279. (S)eXet9 m ^lol (vlg. /ue or /LtoO) haveiar)^ tcl hiirXa 'X^uXku epyaXeld aov; Aev elvat KaXd, 8ev a^i^ovaL TLirore. — ''Orav aSeidcry^y irpeireL va yefMiayf; to Kavdrc Kol va ^pdarjf; to yjrdpt. — ^ K'ire(f>dcn(Te^ ttotc da ^airTio-rj^ TO iraihC aov ; MaXtorra, 6 a to ^airTiaa) KaTo, (about) Ta<; . — 'H jSaaiXtaaa elvac ttoXv aTrXrj Kal dyaOr\. — M^ /ie i/JLTToSi^r)^, iXiTL^a) vd /cepBiaco iroXXd. — TvoopL^ec; iroaov fcoaTi^et 6 Kairvo^ ; ^ev jvcopi^cj, Sev ihoKLfiaaa ttotc, ovTe vd Kairvlaco, ovt€ v dyopdaoa Kairvov. — Tt9 eKTiae ttjv ol/CLav TavTijv; Trjv etCTiaev 6 dyyXofi Ka67]yrjTrj<;. — AlutI fie v^pi^eTe, Kvpte; Aev ad<; v^ptaa, ad*i elirov ttjv dXrjOeiav. — M^ fte faXtfi;?, hev dSetd^Q) TQ)pa. 280. Where did the workmen place the iron instru- ments ? I do not know where they placed them, but I think that they took them down to the cellar. — When you have time, you must try to paint (color) the 76 A PRACTICAL METHOD wall of the garden. — The doctor did not let me despair (drive me to despair), but he persuaded me to lie down and rest to-day. — You must weigh the fish, you must (not repeated in Greek) salt it, and you must boil it. — I have decided to baptize my child (TraihC) at the {fcardy with ace.) carnival (plural). — As soon as the apples ripen, you must cut them and distribute them to (eh) the boys. — Boys {ra iraiSio) must not smoke. — How much did the queen's carriage cost.? I don't know; she didn't buy it, her husband gave it to her (t^). IN MODERN GREEK. 77 LESSON XVII. Verbs {continued'). Liquid Verbs. 281. 'AvcTctXcv 17 areXrjvr] ; Is the moon risen ? "O^L, avariXXu dpyd. JVb, it rises late. 282. Verbs whose stems ends in A., ft, v, p (liquid con- sonants), do not, as a rule, take o- in the aorist, and the vowel or diphthong preceding the liquid characteristic is generally lengthened as follows : ai to a long ; c to « ; and a, I, V short to a, i, v long. The exceptions to the rule that the aorist of liquid verbs is not formed with o- will be examined in the next lesson. 283. If the present terminates in XA.a>, /ai/w, or pvw, the second of the liquids is dropped in the aorist. The follow- ing are examples of liquid verbs : — dmyycXXo), announce, dvrjyyuXa, 0* dvayyctXco. dvaTeXAa,,r/>^(<>5,;h--), dvcTCiXa, 0* dvaTCLXui. Scpw (vlg. Sepva>), beat, th€Lpa, 6a Seipo}. rj^€vpio (vlg.), know. y^evpa. $a y$€vpdXX(i)y make a mistake, tcrt^xxKa., 6a a-cfyaXo). Tp€fjiO), tremble, erpcfia, 6a Tpeixu). See Note. VTrO(fi€po), suffer, virecfyepa, 6a virocficpo). See Note. €po) (vlg. ipv(t>), bring, €€pa, 6a ^epw. See Note. 285. Note. — iraipvu), take^ is a corruption of the verb iiralpu}, lift up ; at changes here to t\ because of the augment of the verb alpus with which this is compounded. It is better to use the verb Xa/x^dvo}, take hold of. — In the last three examples given above, c does not change to €(. 286. The following liquid verbs form second aorists : — dfKfafidXXo), doubt, afJi. 7rpo(T/3aXXo>, attack, offend, irpoai^aXov, 6a vpoa^^aXia. Also the other compounds of fSdXXu), e.g. viro^aXXoi, submit; vTreppdXXu}, depart; ava^aXXta, put off, etc. 287. x^P^i ^^ glad, and (rvyxa-ip(o, congratulate, borrow their aorist and future from the passive voice : ix^prjv, (Twe-xo-prfv, 6a X'^P^j ^^ truy^apui. 288. xip€. fioL (or fi€) €va TTOT^pi v€p6 1 bring me a glass of water I o-as (Tvyxoitpui / I congratulate you / TTcpifxeve oXiyov / wait a little ! §€1/ i7^evpct Tt Kafivei, he doesnU know what he is doing (what he is about). wro€p€re ; are you suffering ? IN MODERN GREEK. 79 Other Declensions. 289. All the nouns and adjectives that have not been examined in the preceding lessons are classed in most Greek grammars in one declension, — the third. It is bet- ter to subdivide this into four declensions : the third, con- taining the perittosyllabic nouns; the fourth, the partially perittosyllabic with an uncontracted genitive singular; the fifth, the partially perittosyllabic with contracted genitive singular; and the sixth, containing those nouns of the vulgar idiom which are only perittosyllabic in the plural. Third Declension. 290. The third declension comprises nouns of all three genders ending in a, v, ^, p, o-, j/^, with the genitive in -os.' 291. All the cases of these nouns, except the vocative singular, masculine and feminine, and the accusative and vocative singular neuter, have one syllable more than the nominative; for this reason these nouns are known as perittosyllabic. 292. The nouns of this declension are declined according to the following example : — Singular. Plural. Norn. 6 awT-Qp, savior. ot cruynjpe^. Gen. TOV (TOiTrjpOS. Twi/ (Toyrrjpiav. Dat. Tw aoiTyjpi. Tots (Tuyr^pa-i. Ace. TOV (Toynjpa. TOVS ccDT^pas. Voc. (rcoTcp (like Norn.) 80 A PRACTICAL METHOD 293. In the same way are declined : — 6 dyKwv, elbow. 6 KXrjr-qp, policeman. 6 dyciv, combat. 6 Mapa^wv, Marathon. 6 atciiv, century, age. 6 x^f-t^^^} '^i^l^^- 6 *EAAiyv, Greek. rj ^ctpj hand. (For further examples see Vocab. X.) 294. The genitive, dative, and accusative of these nouns are formed simply by adding the proper terminations to the nominative. Except o-wrij/a, all these nouns have the voca- tive in both numbers like the nominative. When the characteristic is v, it is rejected in the dative plural before the termination o-i (e.g. dy/cwo-i, dya)(ri, ''EAAi/o-t). 295. rov eA-a/Sev aTTo t^s X^^P^^' ^^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^-V ^^^ hand. civat atcDv dycij/wv, // is an age of combat {strife). 296. In the following nouns the last syllable of the stem is long in the nominative and vocative singular, short in all the other cases : — Singular. Plural. Nom. 6 aa-TT^pf star. ol aarepe^. Gen. Tov do-rcpos. twv aarfpuyv. Dat. Tw axTTipL. Tots aa-ripa-L. Ace. TOV aarepa. rovs do-rcpas. Voc. (like Nom.) (like Nom.) 297. In the same way are declined : — 6 ai^p, air. 6 Xifirjv, port. o yctVwv, neighbor. 6 prirtap, orator. 17 eiKO)v, image, portrait. rj xtXiSciv, swallow. o Tyyc/Awv, prince. 6 xitwv, garment. 6 K(oSo)v, bell. ^ X'-^^f snow. (For further examples see Vocab. X.) IN MODERN GREEK. 81 298. In all these nouns w is shortened to o, and 17 to e, except in the nominative and vocative singular. 299. 6 d^p Tov At/A€vos Sev ctvat Ka^apds, M^ «/r of the port is not pure. ^ eiKCDi/ Tov yciToi/09 /Ltov eivat KaXiy, //^^ portrait of my neighbor is good. 6 ^ye/xwv avvexaprj tov prfTopa^ the prince congratulated the orator. EXERCISES. 300. 2a9 ecrretXa t^i^ elKova /jlov, tt^v eXd^ere ; Ma- Xttrra, eZi^at iroXv (opata, cra^s o/JLOtd^et ttoXv /cal aa^ t, V, p) do not take o- in the aorist, are the verbs end- ing in v(i) in the present, the greater number of which have the aorist in a-a and the future in o-w ; e.g. 303. dLvo>), let^ leave y d(f}r](ra, 6^ a^7yo-(o. SayKdv), tie. eScaa, 6a 8ea-o>. Ovfxovu), get angry, iOvixMcra, ^a OvfKiXTO). KaropOovd), succeed, manage, Kar(i)p6(i)(ra, 6a. KaTOp6(iKT(ii, Kpvovoi, am cold, catch cold. iKpv(Dcra, 6a Kpviaa-a). A. WO) (vlg. for A.vo>), loose, untie. iXvaa, 6a \va-(t). fxa\6v(x), scold, epidXoxra, 6a fiaXuKTO). widvo) (vlg.), catc/i, take hold of. CTTiacra, 6a TTtaco). afivvo), extinguish, ea-ftvcra, ^a ar/3v(T(x). o-7rai/o>, break. tcnraa-a. 6a (T7rd(T(x). arecfiavovdi, crown, marry. i(rTecf)dvav(ii(TW. vTroxp^ovo), oblige. V7re)(pi(Daa, 6a vTro)(pe(ii(TO). avep6vo), make clear, evident. i(f>av€p(j}(Ta, 6a (fiavepwcro). (f>6d.vo), arrive, suffice. €Oa(Ta, 6a 6d(T(a. Xctvo), lose. Ixao-a, 6a ;(ao-o). (For further examples see Vocab. XXV.) 84 A PRACTICAL METHOD 304. Note i. — 'Aiplvta comes from dTJKa, is also used as an aorist of drf(T€ fie rjavxov ! leave me alone (^quiet) ! iOvfJioxre kol tov ifxaXtoa-e Slotl tairacrf. to irorrjpiy he got angry and scolded him because he broke the glass. 6a fik vTToxpewo-iys iroXv, you will oblige me greatly (much). txaa-a rbv Spo/xov /aov, I have lost my way (road). Scv KaTo>p6(ii(Ta TLiroTCj I have not succeeded (in) any- thing. 309. The following verbs in i/w have a second aorist ; from this they form the future : — ava(3aLv, ascend^ dvi/irjv, 6* ava/SOt. dvaXafiftdvo}, undertake, dviXa^ov, 6* dvaXdfSo). IN MODERN GREEK. 85 CTTtTvyX^*'^' ^UCCeed^ i-jreTv^^ov, 6a iTnTv\(ti. KarafSaivd), descend, Karc^rjv, da KaTa)8w. KaTa\afxf5dv(j), understand, KaT€\a^ov, da KaTaXd/3. fxavdavo}, /earn, efxa6ov, 6a fxd6(i). Trapa/SaLvu), transgress, irapifir^v, 6a TrapajSw. irapaXafJifSdvio, receive, irapeXa/Sov, 6a irapaXd^o). TrpoXap.pdvu), anticipate, irpoiXa^ov, 6a irpoXd^ia. crvXXafjL/Sdvu), catch, arrest, awiXajSov, 6a a-vXXdfSo). avfifSaLvei,^ it happetlS, avve/^rj, 6a (Tvii^y. rvyydvoi, happetl, €TV)(ov, 6a tv^o). vireplSaLvo), surpass, vTrepefSrjv, 6a VTrepjSio. 310. KaTaXafiftdvere ri Xcya>; do you understand what I say? oi KXrjTrjpcs (TvviXa^ov tov KXiirrriv, the policemen arrested the thief. l/xa^es TO fidOrjfid (tov ; did you learn your lesson 1 tpxxBvi TO. via; did you learn {fiear) the news 1 Third Declension {continued^. 311. Many nouns of the third declension end in nail, claw. 6 apTra^ (-yos), ravishcr. iriOrit {-xos), ape. Tf OpL$ (r pixy's), hair. 6 xaA.vi/^ (-)Sos), sfee/. 6 p.vo)\l/ (-7ros)j short-sighted man. 6 yinpo^^vkai, (-koas (-vTos), elephant. 17 'EA.A.as (-80s), Greece. * 17 €^oxoT7;s (-Tos), excellency. 17 €o-7r€/ot's (-80s), evening party. y\ irjfjL€pLs (-80s), newspaper. ^ Aa/xTTpoTT/s (-Tos), brilliancy. r\ ve6Tr)p (-aTos),^ water.* TO (f>ii)s (-tos), //^^^. 17 (opatoTiys (-tos), beauty. TtS (TtVos), W^^ ^ TtS (tIVOs), i'^/«rjiM€pLs avrrj ; whose newspaper is this 1 irarpLs /xov ehai ^ 'EAAas, my country is Greece, dxov TTjv iXTTiSa va tSio tov "AvaKTUj I had the hope of seeing the Prince. ^ Gen. ySaros. 88 A PRACTICAL METHOD 320. Remark. — Neuter nouns have the accusative and vocative singular like the nominative, and their nom., ace. and voc. plural end in a short ; e.g. rb Kpias, meat, gen. tov Kp^aros, ace. rb Kp4as, voc. Kp^as ; pi. nom. rd Kp^ara, ace. ra Kpiara, voc. Kpiara. 321. Note. — In the vulgar idiom the singular of almost all the nouns of the third declension follows the first declension by making a nominative of the accusative and adding a if the noun is masculine; the plural is always correctly declined according to the third declension ; e.g. ij vuKTa (for vi^, night), pi. ai vijkt€S ; ij av€p(ocri^ {by explainmg to tne) Ti arjixaCvovaiv ol yeXcore^ ovrot {this lattghter). — Atart a'r)iiaCvovaLV ol /ca)8(ov€vXLa. — At Tpl')(€^ TOV yepovTO^ elvau XevKal. — M^ a^vay; to ^0)9. * 'A.M. stands for kvrov Me7aXet6TT7j, His Majesty; 'A.'A.M.M. for Airrup MeyaXeidTrjTes, Their Majesties; 'A.'E. for kxnov 'E^ox6tt;j, His Excellency. IN MODERN GREEK. 89 323. Take care, you will catch cold. — Don't get angry and don't scold me, I will take care. — The keeper (6 c^uXa^) caught the fox and tied it by (a-Tro, ace.) the foot that it might not (8m va ixrj) bite. — The old man is short-sighted. — Who untied the monkey and let it break the plank .? No one. — Be good enough (you will oblige me) to leave me alone (quiet). — Their Majesties arrived in Salamis (in) the night (ace). — The diamonds shone in the night like («?) rays of light. — The old man has lost all {6\ov^ or irdvTas:) his teeth, and his hair (plural) is white. — The claws of the lion are as (o)?, with nom.) steel. — Have you learned (heard) if the evening party of His Excellency succeeded (was successful).? — The hopes of your youth had blinded you. — The workmen will print the newspaper of this week to-morrow morning (to irpm). — The beauties of your native land surpassed our expectations (hopes). 90 A PRACTICAL METHOD LESSON XIX. Verbs (continued). IIpoo-TaKTiK^. — Imperative. /if^^ f^L4 324. The imperative mood has two tenses, the present and the aorist ; the first expressing continuance or repeti- tion, the second the simple occurrence of the action. Both occur only in the second person. 325. The present imperative is formed from the present stem with the endings -e (sing.) and -ctc (plur.) ; e.g. Indicative, ypac^w, I write. Imperative, ypdej ypdeT€. The use of the present imperative is not very common. 326. The first aorist imperative is formed from the first aorist stem (unaugmented) with the endings -ov and -arc ; e.g. Indicative, typaij/a, I wrote. Imperative, ypaaj/ovf ypdxf/aTe. 327. The second aorist imperative is formed from the second aorist stem with the endings -c and -ere ; e.g. Indicative, iayov, I ate. Imperative, <^ayc, dycTc. IN MODERN GREEK. 91 328. The first and third persons of the imperative are borrowed from the subjunctive of the present or aorist, as the case may be, with one of the particles m, as, /u,i} ; e.g. va rpioyo), va rpioyrjs, eU., I am to be eating. VOL (jidyo), va dyrj^, etc., I am to eat. tts <^ay w, let me eat ; as /w.^ cf>dyo}, let me not eat. fxrj vy€ (xtt' i8(o, go away {from here). Third Declension {continued). 334. Several neuter nouns of the third declension with the characteristic r drop this in the nominative, accusative, and vocative singular, and do not take o-. They are de- clined as follows : — 92 A PRACTICAL METHOD Singular. Plural. 335' Norn. TO o-WjLta, body. ra o-w/Aara. Gen. rov o-w/twiTos ;. TtOV O-W/ACtTWV. Dat. T<5 (TwfiaTL. . TOt9 o-wjoao-i. Ace. TO (TiOfJJX. Toi awfiara. Voc. (like Norn.) (like Norn.) 336. In the same way are declined : — ayaXfm, statue. fivOia-ToprjfMi, tiovel. atvty/xa, enigma. vofXLafjM, coin. ^vaar-qfjua, Jlgure^ height, ovofm, name. presence. ox^pxt, carriage. yaXa, milk} TTOtry/Aa, poefn. yevfjui, dinner. Trpay fJM, thing. ypa/A/xa, letter. arofjia, mouth. Scfjuij parcel. a-vvray/m, constitution, regi- 8t?/yr//Aa, story. ment. Spdfia, drama. VTToSrjfJia, boot. Ka^to-/w,a, seat, chair. v;p, man, drop c in the genitive and dative singular and dative plural ; to the last they at the same time add an a short before the termination o-i. In avrip the c is in all cases replaced by 8, except in the nomi- native and vocative singular. Genitive ydXaxTos, dat. pi. 7dXaft. 2 Generally plural. IN MODERN GREEK. 93 338. They are declined as follows : — Singular. Plural. Singular."^ Plural. Nom. Trari^p. Trarcpcs. dvi]p. ai/Spcs. Gen. Trarpo?. iraT€p(i)v. dvSpos. dvSpSiv. Dat. irarpt. Trarpdat. dvSpL. dvSpda-L. Ace. Trarepa. TTttTCpa?. dvSpa. avSpa?. Voc. Trarep. Trarepes. dvep. dvSpe^. fXT^Trip, /xiyrpos, firjrpiy firjrepa, p-rjrep, etc. Ovydrrjp, Ovyarpo^, Ovyarpi^ Ovyaripa, Ovyarcpy etc, 339* Note. — In the vulgar idiom 6 &p8pa^ fwv means my husband (see note, § 321). EXERCISES. 340. Vvdnpi^ei^ TO ovofia rod av8p6<; tovtov; MaXtcrra, 97 6vydTT]p Tov elvai (fyiXr] ttj^ fJurjTpo'i pLOV. — ^Kciyjrov iSfy) KoX 6a evprj<; ap'^^ala vojjLiorjJLaTa. — ^rjpLepov ev 'EWaSi Sev \rjrdp')(ei ')^pv(r6<;, aWd fiopov 'x^apTovo/jLLa/ia. — YiefX'^aTe fMOi, €pr) ev (a) oxvi^^' — To 'x^pcjfia TOV v(f)d<7/jLaT0^ TOVTOV fie (fiol) apeaKeu iroXv. — BaXe to, Kadia-pLaTa et? to Tpaire^i 8ia to yevfia. — ^epe fie (fiOL) TCL vTToBrjfjLaTa fjLOV. — ^epe to Sepia tovto eh to Ta^y- hpopbelov. — To y^poypLa tov ydXa/CTOf; elvai XevKov. — ^Ivai TToXif copalov to iroirjpia Tr}<; 6vyaTp6<; (Ta<;. — Na ^daa) TTfv ^Q)i]V pLov edv 8ev Xeyca tt^v aXrideiav. — M^ 94 A PRACTICAL METHOD ayrj tcaveU (no one) cnrb (of) avrd rd firjXaf — Na (j^vyrj a/ieVft)? (at once)\ — *A9 Tricofiev ek ttjv vyeCav rov irarpo^ Koi tt}? /JLr)Tp6<; /jLa^. 341. Bring me a (ev) chair. — Father, tell my brother not to tease me ! — Drink this warm milk, 'it will do you good. — The whole (oXo^; 6) world will learn that you are the daughters of these brave men. — Run to open the door. — Tell the servant to take (va Trdprj) these letters and this parcel to the post-office. — Did the professor sign the poem with (fie, ace.) his name } No, he signed the name of his daughter. — Has he written many novels .•* No, he has written only dramas. — Bring me my boots ! — This thing is an enigma to me (hi ifie). — Put these things on (eVt, gen.) the table. — Where is Constitution Square (-^ TlXaTela tov ^vv- Tuy fiaTOf}) ? — Is the dinner ready ? Yes, it is ready. — She has a well-shaped mouth. — Where are your ancient coins ? I have lost them. — She has a fine figure. — What a pity that her mouth is ugly ! IN MODERN GREEK. 95 LESSON XX. Verbs {continued^. Uncontracted Pure Verbs. 342. Verbs whose stem ends in a vowel (pure verbs) are of two classes : ist, uncontracted; 2d, contracted. 343. Uncontracted pure verbs have the accent (always an acute) on the penultimate in the first person singular of the present indicative, and their characteristic may be any vowel or diphthong except a, c, o. 344. Contracted verbs have the accent (always a circum- flex) on the last syllable in the first person singular of the present indicative, and their characteristic is one of the vowels a, e, o, which contracts with the termination, as will be seen in the following lessons. 345. The following is a complete paradigm of the active voice of the uncontracted pure verb in Modern Greek : — 96 A PRACTICAL METHOD 1 sT • i > l-H ri 1 -8 xi u > < Pi M 1 1 1 h4 o H Q O 11 III it CO ^a ^s ^» ^s ^s "^3 > l-H < Q > 1 /< /< ^ ^ /< /< 1 •5 << ^ j^ /< ^ << >« Vii *iu iw >« II cJ Ki e ct tf 2 P4 :3 (X4 1 IN MODERN GREEK, 97 sT 1 << 111 ^ ^ b ui ^ O (u (o O tu O IW <:t> b S '< -S --z. ^^ II 5 '^ '^ '< ..^ =1 K b 3 P: P5 3 p- 3 ^x ><:^>< XXX 1 3^ g: . ^§ 1 b b O^'^ N S „ s 3 S S ^fc § XXXXXX VV >tK •*!*> >« >tU >IV illlli O VV >«/ >IU >IU 'S 'U 'CJ 'tf 'S -tj ^ <:& <3a 1 1 it 98 A PRACTICAL METHOD 346. Note. — It will be seen that the present, the imperfect, and the first future in all the moods are formed from the stem as it appears in the present indicative ; while the aorist, second future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect are formed from the stem as it appears in the aorist indicative. It is sufficient, therefore, to know the present and the aorist of any verb in order to be able to form the other tenses and to conjugate the verb entire. 347. In the same way are conjugated the following verbs : — dyopcvoj, make a speech, yyopevaa. oLKovio, hear, rjKova-a. i$o8evio, Spend, e^wScvo-a. OepaTrevd), cure, iOepaTreva-a, larpcvit), cure, idTpevaa. KaLO), burn, €Kav(Ta, KXaLO), cry, €K\av(ra. Xovd), bathe, iXovaa. fiayeipevio, COok, kpnyetpcva'a. irta-revo), believe, iirLO-Teva-a. "TrpofjiYfOevo), procure, iirpofJirjOevaa. (Tvfx^ovXevio, advise, o-vve/SovAevcrcu ToletSevw, travel, ira^eLSeva-a. VTraKovu), obey, vTrijKOva-a. V7rav8p€v(i), give in marriage, vTrdvSpeua-a. ov€vio, kill, e^6v€v9. tpa(TLaaLv(n<;, nature. (For further examples see Vocab. XIII.) EXERCISES. 355. Aei/ Oa iiriarevov irore on ^BeXe /xe BepairevaeL. — *'H/couo-a pLera ttoXX^? {with much) evxctpi'O-Trjaecof; ttjv TTpOTaaiv T»)9 8rjfjLoaL€va-€(o<; v€a<; i/cSocreeof; r^? pLcracjipd- o-€ft)9 Tov avyypa(l>6(o<; tovtov. — *Ayop€vo)v (in speaking or while speaking) 6 ^aGiXev^ elTrev on afKJie^aXev iav rj KvffepvrjaLf; 6a el^'^ ttjv Svva/JLLV va OepaTrevarj rrjv Kard- araaiv ravrijv. — 'H iiravd\r]'>^L^ rcav epeortjaeayp crov elvai v/3pL(;. — M^ KXairfi^ ae av/jL^ovXevco va xnraKOvarfi ek Toif^ yoveU H u5 S ^ u! to. • iz; 1= »-< 1 M >; h ^ -e < jj, c:. P< >S M K FL< a 2' (a. o »> fe S5 » O <- a. .^ o u '^ $ s^ > U _^ III IS" t> ^^^^ ^ b 3 ►-> c3cs.to-c3 co<3 w t3 N N fc N t: J; u5 a a a a a a "^ («^^ =5. t b <3UI ^- ?>?-?-?- <- ^- c- <-?-?- ;^ „ <- . X X -a «a -a »a -a -a -a -j;--p-«p-«p--p--p- <^ -p- >^ "53 _^ _^ __ A-^ t d, 3 o 3 t d, S-g Ph 11 < M pL, s ^PU 104 A PRACTICAL METHOD 361. In the same way are conjugated the following verbs : — aTravTw, answer, meet, -^Travr-qaa. OTraTO), cheat, rjTrdTrjcra. fiovTw (vlg.), plunge, i/Sovrrjaa. ykXQ), laugh, cheat, iy^Xaaa. Note 1. ycww, dear, iy^wrjcra. Stij/io, be thirsty, iSCif/rja-a. Note a. iivTTvCi}, awake, i^vrrvrja-a. ipwTw, ash, ypwrrjaa. KoXvfji^w, swim, (KoXvix/irja-a. KTVTTw, beat, strike, iKTvwqa-a. fjLcOC), get drunk, ifxWva-a. Note 2. /u.eA.eT(u, study y i/JLeXirrjaa. fxerpla, measure, ifxerprja-a. Note 3. VLKw, conquer, iviKticra. TTcivo), be hungry, eTreimo-a. Note i. •trerCj, fiy, throw away, iirtTo^a. Note i. arafxaTU), stop, iaTafidrrja-a. a-vvi(TTu>, recommend, found, (rvvea-Trja-a. Note 3. roXfita, dare, iT6Xp.rj(ra. ;(aXa>, s/>oil, i)( ^'^j do not lengthen the characteristic a into 77 in the aorist and future. — 'Eir^Tofo, vlg. for iir^raaa. 363. Note 2. — At^tD makes iSirf^rjira in the literary language and iUxj/aaa in the vulgar idiom. — 'E/xidvca is the aorist of the classical verb fiediu}. 364. Note 3. — In the literary language fierpu has the characteristic e : fjLerp4u), /juerpd. — livviffru is the literary form of the classical verb crvvlffTiiiu, aor. avMicrri^a. IN MODERN GREEK. 105 365 • ^y] /Aov x»^^5 T'^»' ijcrvxtai', don^t spoil {disturb^ my rest. dyaTrare ri]v 'EAAaSa ; ^ Tri^xets vd(riJi,aTos, measure me two piques of cloth. eivat wpata /JpaSeta ajroif/e, it is a beautiful evening to-night. EXERCISES. 373. Atari a-ra/jLaTaTe ; '^ara/jLaTija-a Slotl iBiyjraaa Kal iireCvaaa. — M^ 7eXa9, elaai ttoXv 7ra')(y^. — 'H o3o9 avrrj elvau evOela Kal evpela. — 'O virvo^ (sleep) elvai yXvKV^ TOV ')(€i^Siva {in 'winter)^ ahXa TrpeireL va i^virvaf; ivcopiTcpov (earlier). — *lSiav rj'ydira^ TovvXLa Slotl el^ov ;^a\acr€t. — M^ /xe 7e\a9. — Aei/ ae yeXci), crol Xeyo) ttjv aXrjdeLap. — II oO elvac to ttovXl fiov; 'ETreVafe. IN MODERN GREEK. 107 374. Love your father and (your) mother. — I love them with all (ef oX?;?) my heart and all my strength. — Why do you ask me } — I advise you {gos) to study your lessons. — Don't laugh ! I am not cheating you. — This man is very stout and heavy. — I do not dare ask him if he is thirsty, because he loves wine (to Kpaai, TOP olvov) and gets drunk. — The street is straight and broad. — I laughed so much (roaov ttoXv) when I saw him swimming (vd with pres. subj.) ! — What a pity ! the apples are spoiled. — Are you thirsty.^ I am not thirsty. — Are you hungry } I am not hungry, but I have a good appetite. 108 A PRACTICAL METHOD LESSON XIII. Verbs {continued). Contract Verbs in ew. 376. Pure verbs having the characteristic c contract in the present and imperfect as follows : -;- eo> contracts to o>. ec and cct contract to ct. CO and eov contract to ov. €-q contracts to >;. €Q contracts to y. 377. They are conjugated as follows IN MODERN GREEK. 109 H 1^ ^«^ fu ^ 3 u ^ ♦ <3 (4 > -•^ u HM S5 '5 i-i 2; K ^ t— 1 M > ^_^ - i s s *s »— < l-j o i 1 S ■^^'•o %% J5 O 2 .i u e? '^ ^ D t Jo <3cpi«:pi<3 cp-<3 M c« h K h K K K Sf? ^^£; £;£:£; a> >ij 1j ^ ^ d "^ "^ > 8 £--T:i^2 ^ ^ 5 i i O 3 ^ S A <^^ ^^ ^ T t JC, Q ^r^l f: s 3 5 >. ta cS » <3 ^ £: ^ P" ^ ;^ 3 S!; <3 1 '5 1 1 1 O (u tw O * ►-H £;£;£;£:^^ *<*» "^ " are conjugated :- iayvow, not know, dSvi/arcu, be unable, dva;)((optu, depart, dpK€'L (impers.), it suffices, daLpo), take away, porj6, desire, €v;(apiOovu), envy, riyv6rq(tivr)(Ta. irifiuipTja-a. i66vr)LXrjcra. Note 6. IN MODERN GREEK. - 111 op^, wear, iijyopea-a. Note 7. ^CWCTTW, owe, . Note 8. (o^cA-w, am of advantage, (o€\rj(ra. (For further examples see Vocab. XXVIII.) 380. Note i. — In the vulgar idiom dSwaTui, dSwdrrjaa means/ get thin or am poorly. 381. Note 2. — In the literary language this verb is written vod ip6r]i\w means I love. 386. Note 7. — The literary language says 0^pw ; e.g. diarl ipci.% rbv xi-Tu)vd fxav ; why do you wear my garment? 387. Note 8. — The aorist of this verb is not in use, the imperfect being its only past tense. 388. a^K^ ' iw6r}opifJiaTa owov (ra ottoux,) opv kol t ^^^ several names of persons, like 'Eparw, Mv/arw, ^/r. The plural of these nouns follows the second declension (§ 158). 395. Masculine and feminine adjectives in 179 are declined as follows : — Singular. Nom. 6, 7} aXr}6rj<;, true. Gen. Tov, t^s aKr]Bo^}^ (^®^)' Dat. T&), TT7 dXr;^€i (ci). Ace. Tov., TTjv dXyjOrj (ca). Voc. dXrjOrj. Plural. ot, at oAr/^cts (ccs). Twr oAiy^wv (cwv). T0T9, rai? dX7;^€0-t. Tov?, TO,? dXT/^ct? (cas). dAr^^ct? (cc?). 114 A PRACTICAL METHOD 396. The neuter of these adjectives is thus declined : Singular. Nom. TO aXy]Ok%, Gen. Tov 6Xif\0ov% i^o%). Dat. TO) aXy)Q€. (u) Ace. TO dXrjOi's. Voc. aXrjdi^. Plural. Ttt aX-qOrj (ea). Twi/ aXr)6/5, etc., the vocative of which ends in cs and has the accent on the antepenult ; e.g. w ^rjixoadeve^. 399. ctmi aXrjOe^, it is true. ela-de irokv evyevrjf;, you are very polite. hv(TTvyyi% dvOpwiros / aTrWave ttXt^pyj^ t^V^t Poor man ! he died while still vigorous. EXERCISES. 400. Sa? irapaKoKay va fie i\o^€Viav ifiospi- tality). — ^Iv ipvoco tI ^rfrelre vh fiol i^rfyrfarfTe. — 0^ IN MODERN GREEK. 115 el'X^ov avax(^pvo'€i eav hev iXeiTroOv/jLei rj hvaTV')(ri<^ /lov Ovjdrrjp. — At evyeveU koI evcre^el^ yjrV)(^aL /JLiaovai to i/reOSo?. — 'H a\rjdrj<; aperrj {virtue) koX to aXrjOe^; 6dppo<; elvai va o/xoXoyrj rt? ra Xadrj tov, ovheva (no one) v* ahiKy, va fiTf fiio-rj aWa va avj')(^coprf koI v* ayaird tou? i)(^0pov(; Tov. — Ot avddhet^ ovtol Kal aae^€L<; dvOpcoiroi fcaTr) by introducing v between the termination and the character- istic o, so that these verbs become liquid and end in ovw, with the aorist in oxra. 403. In the literary language these verbs are contracted as follows : — 00) contracted to w. oci, ot; contracted to 01. o€, 00^ oov contracted to ov. ot) contracted to b 3 S S => =. S 3:S>S iZi c^ o v;5 n;^ 2, ^ V2, Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q- xxxxxx •^ •Su "Sy •^41 •Su •**!> b "=>. '^ ^^ X 3 Mu <^ >« 118 A PRACTICAL METHOD 405. Like xpvo-o) are conjugated in the literary language most of the verbs given in Lesson XVIII., § 303, such as: — dpyvpo), silver^ ypyvptoaa. )8e/8aio>, assume, e^cySatwo-a. SiopOwj arrange, SLiiipOoxra. c^ttTrAw, spread, i$rJTr\(odvo}(Ta. TVTTw, print, irviroxTa. rvcfiXw, blind, crv^Awo-a. v7ro;(p€(o, oblige, V7r€)(piui(ra. (For further examples see Vocab. XXIX.) 406. ai aKTivcs Tov i^Xiov i)(pv(TOvv ras Kopv^as twv opimv, the rays of the sun were gilding the tops of the mountains. TO vi.a.pov ^cvyos €av(i)Or]t the young couple were crowned {married^. 17 d7ro<^ao-is avri; pk tj\pioX ttoXv, this decision causes me much damage (loss). Sixth Declension. 407. The sixth and last declension of Greek nouns belongs exclusively to the vulgar idiom. A great many of these nouns are of foreign origin. They are masculine or feminine ; the masculine ending in as, rj^, ovs, cs, and the feminine in ov. The plural of all these nouns has one syllable more than the singular ; this syllable is uniformly IN MODERN GREEK. 119 Ses for the nominative, accusative, and vocative, and Swi/ for the genitive, and is simply added to the nominative singular, after dropping the final o- in the masculine. There is no dative. 408. They are declined as follows : — Singular. Nom. 6 Trairas, priest. 6 Ka<^es, coffee. ■q aXewov, /ox. Gen. Tov TraTTci. TOV Ka€. rrjs oAeTTOvs. Ace. Toi/ TTttTrav. TOV Kafftev. rrjv dXeirovv. Voc. TTttTra. Ka€. Plural. dXeirov. Nom. ot 7ra7ra8c5. Ot Ka<^c8cs. at dXeTTOvSes. Gen. TWV TTttTraSwV. TWV KaeT^rjT€€T^rj, €p€ /AC €va Kaiv f waiter, bring me a {cup of) coffee I (Tas dp€(rKovv oi Kcc^reSes/ do you like meat-balls 1 6 TTttTTovs Tov dfji.a$d, the coachman^ s grandfather. EXERCISES. 41 1 • VakaTCLy (ftepe fie eva TroTrjpt ydXa / — J^acfyer^rj/ — Tl iindv/jLeLTe, Ku/ote / — SeXco ^va Ka^ev ^apvv koI yXvKvv. — *AiJL€aQ)(; {immediately) ! — ^(ova^e tov dfia- ^dv / — "^(ftepev 6 7ra7r\cofjLaTd<; to irdirXwixa ; *'0;^t, Kvpla, 6 TraTTOVTO-rj^ ecpepe rd TrairovraLa tov KoptTcriov. — Tt da (t)dyr)Te aTToyjre (this evening); 'ATroyjre dd (0 u . 1 ,o .. •S.I o *3 > X X f § erbs is lowing p s 1 > r^ iz; ^ 1 > hO^ o 1 «-2 !> ^ * C CI. g ^ H W S 1 1 Q u 1 = 1 ^ 1 > oa C/2 1 ssl^i > u Q 1 5 IN MODERN GREEK. 123 vS X i ? -k k 1 1 1 kkkkkk XX 3 J it -i ^i -i -i -i -i ^ << ^ /< /< ^ •SU -so -lu -(u •ovevOr]V. aKovofxaiy be heard, yKova-Orjv. K\€LOfiai, be closed^ ^KXeCadriv. KULOfiaij be burned, iKarjv (2 Aor.). 417. Also all the liquid verbs (A, p., v, p) given in §§ 284 and 303, with frequent modification of the stem ; e.g. ' avayy eWopxLL, be announced, avriyyiXOr^v. PaXkopxiL, be put, thrown, ifiX7]6r]v. ^co-Ttttvo/xai (vlg.), be warmed, i^eardOrjv. (Tvyxaipopxii, congratulate, avv€xdpr}V (2 Aor.). rpeXXatvopxiL, be maddened, irpeXkdOrjv. dLvopxiL, be left, d(f>i6r)V. i^airXovopxii, spread oneself, i^rjTrXwOrjv. id<^ iX€v9epo6v add -e(TTepowT€po^ tov rrarpos, or 6 vtos elvai (ro(i)Tepo(t)T€pos rj 6 TraTrjp, or o rtos cti/ai (TOTepos vapa 6 iraTT^p. 424. The following adjectives are compared irregularly : — KttXo?, good^ KaXyrepo^,^ KoAAto-ro? and aptcrros. /CaKOS, Ifadf ;j(€l/30TC/309, fjLLKpos, small, fxiKporepoq,^ Ta)(yy(rto9, near, TrX-qa-ua-Tepos, (f>i\o^, friendly, dear, ov tov, he is better than his bigger brother. ax 'AOrjvat etvat fX€yaXyjT€pa ttoXl'; rov IleipaKU? (aTro TOV Ilct/aata, rj 6 Ilctpaicvs), Athens is a bigger town than the Piraeus. EXERCISES. 427. 'O ^6t/ift)i/ rjv {rjTo) ^apVTaTO^j aW* al j^iove^i SteXvOrjaav ivcopLraTa. — *Hto /jL€ya<; avrjp, aWa Svarv- 'X^eararof;. — To vScop elvat to aptarop roiv Saypcov rrj^ (ftvcrecof;. — "H^eXez^ aKovaOrj r) 6r]v. dvoLyofiai, be opened, avot^Orjv-^ aXXdcra-ofiaL, be changed, yWdxOrjv. aTTO^atrti^o/Aatj be decided, arreijiaaLaOrjv. StaTao-o-o/Attt, be ordered, BLeTaxOrjv. SiSdarKOfiaLy be taught, l^ihayOrfv. davfxd^ofjLaL, be admired, iOavfxda-Orjv. KpvTrrofxai, be hidden, hide myself, iKpv^rjv.^ Xeyofxai, be said, IXi^Oiqv.^ TrifXTTOfMiL, be sent, cttc/xc^^i^v. wati^o/xat, be played, iirai^O-qv. Tret'^o/Atti, be persuaded, lireio-d-qv. v^pi^ofULL, be insulted, v/^i(rOr)v. * Lit. ifvedixO'nv- ^ Second aorist. * Also lit. i^j^^drjv. 130 A PRACTICAL METHOD ^ Apid fjLTjTLKci. — Numerals. 431. Cardinal. Ordinal. 1 h^."^ 1st .. TrpWTOS. 2 .. Sv'o). 2d .. ScVTCpOS. 3 . rpuL. 3d .... .. TptTOS. 4 . T€. 22d . elKoaro': Sevrepo^s. 30 . TptctKonra.* 30th .. rpLaKoaro^. 31 . rpLOLKOvra ev? r 31st .. TptttKOO-TOS TrptOTOS. 40 rea-a-apaKovra , 8 40th . TCO-o-opaKoo-Tos. 50 . TrevrrJKOvra.^ 50th .. TTCVTI^KOO-TOS. 60 .. €^7;KOVTa.*" 60th .... .. eirjKoa-TO^. 70 . ifiSoprJKOvra. 11 70th .... .. ifiSofirjKoa-TOf:. 1 Vlg. Im. 6 2 Vlg. T^ffffepa. « » Vlg. 1^. 7 * Vlg. ^^4. 8 Vlg. dxrd,. Vlg. Tpidvra. Vlg. rpidin-a fva. Vlg. o-opdvTa. 9 Vlg. iretnjvra. W Vlg. ^^77n-a. " Vlg. ifiSofivyra. IN MODERN GREEK. 131 Cardinal. 80 oySoi^KOVTa.^ 90 kvvtvy]KOVTa} 100 cAcarov.* 200 StttKOcria. 300 TpiaKOCTLa. 400 TCTpaKoaia, 500 TrevraKoa-La. 600 iiaKOcna. 700 iiTTaKoa-La. 800 oKTaKocna. 900 ivveaKocTLa. 1000 x^'^'a- 2000 Svo) ^tA-taScs. 1,000,000 cv iKarofifxvpiov. Ordinal. 80th oySorjKoa-TO^. 90th CWCVI/KOO-TOS. 100th eKaTocTTOS. 200th 8iaKO(rto(rT09. 300th TptaKOju,to"v, ^/^.). 436. /'^r cent {^0) is expressed by rot? cKarov; ^.^. 8%, OKTtU ToTs CKaTOV. 437 Ordinal numbers are declined regularly according to the second declension. 438. Abstract numerals end in a?, and are declined ac- cording to the third declension ; e.g. IJLovd<;, a unit. 8va?, a couple. rpias ; Sckcis ; SwSckci?, a dozen^ etc. t)8So/Aas, from the ordinal €l3Sofjio^, means a 7veek. 439. Proportional numerals end in ttXovs or TrXao-to? ; e.g. dTrXoC?, simple; StTrXov?, SiTrAdcrios, double; rpiTrXoi)?, rpi- 7rA.dcrto9, triple^ etc. These numerals are formed from the adjective dTrXovs, simple^ and the adverbs Sts, rpts, /a//V^, //^r/V^, ^/r. 440. Similar adverbs are also TTOcraKt?, how often (vlg. Trdo-a? ^opdi). 6(TdKiopd<;). TOO-aKt?, i"^ ^opd<;). iro\\dKL<:, very often (vlg. TroXAds opd^). IN MODERN GREEK. 133 441. The days of the week are 442. Kv/otttKi} (Lord's day) . . . . Sunday. Aevre'/aa (Second day) . . . . Monday. TptTiy (Third day) . . . . . Tuesday. TcTtt/arr/ (Fourth day) . . . . Wednesday. UifjLTTTTj (Fifth day) . . . . . Thursday. Hapaa-Kcvrj (Preparation day) Friday. ^df3Parov (Sabbath) . . . . Saturday. The names of the months are *IavovdpLos. Matos. '^eTTTCfX^plOS ^e/?pova/3tos. 'lovnos. *OKTd7] (was taken) vtto tcjv TovpKoov ry 2g Matof I4S3' — ^*' %&)/oo(/>v\a/ce9 crvveXa^ov rov^ KKeirra^ KaCroi (although) ovTOt, rjaav TpiirXdaioL avTCJV. — 'H 6vpa 8ev '^voiyero, ovBeU (nobody) icftuLverOy (oare (so that) airetX- iriaOrj evreKS)^ koI ippi6rj eZ? Tr)v OaXaaaav iva Trmjrj. — *0 TTpoiTO^ oari^ (who) irpoaeTrdOrjae va Xovady iv Tolf; ^aOvrdroL^ tovtoc^ vSaatv eTrviyT) ap,€a(o<^, — *T^pC- aOr] Sh Kal rpC^j ovhev (nothing) airavroyv, ware wap oXoDV iOavfidadrj r) vtto/jlovt] tov. — *EiyevP7]0rj rrjv K.vpia- KTjVf e^aTrrladj] rr]v Aevrepav, airedave t7)v Tpirrjv teal €Ta<^?7 TTjv TerdpTrfV. — Tloa-cop irejv elvai r) dvydTT)p ca?; Ylvai Se/cae^ ircov Kal rpicop firjvojv. — Sa? 'irepifi€V(a avpiop TO eairipa^ eh ra? eirTa, Bia va (fydyeo/iev o/jlov (together). — 11 otai/ (ri) wpav i^VTrvdre to Trpcot (in the morning) ; To irpdnt e^VTrpco et9 Td