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.

SingularPlural
First Person εγώ έχω
I have
εμείς έχουμε
we have
Second Person εσύ έχεις
you have
εσείς έχετε
you have
Third Person
αυτός
he
αυτή
she
αυτό
it

έχει
has
αυτοί
they (m)
αυτές
they (f)
αυτά
they (n)

έχουν
have

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:

EnglishGreek
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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