The verb “have”
The verb “have” is one of the most useful ones in any language. In Greek, it is a regular verb. This means that there is a fixed pattern for forming its endings. In the table below, we’ve shown the ending for each pronoun in red.
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First Person | εγώ έχω I have |
εμείς έχουμε we have |
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Second Person | εσύ έχεις you have |
εσείς έχετε you have |
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Third Person |
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Many Greek verbs fall into this same pattern for changing their endings (or conjugating.) We call this group of verbs the first conjugation verbs. Here are a few more of them, given, as always, in the first person form:
English | Greek |
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see | βλέπω |
buy | αγοράζω |
drink | πίνω |
know | ξέρω |
take | παίρνω |
give | δίνω |
Thus:
I see. | Εγώ βλέπω. |
She gives. | Αυτή δίνει. |
We buy. | Εμείς αγοράζουμε. |
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