Essential Modern Greek Grammar by Douglas Q. Adams

Author:Douglas Q. Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publication, Inc.
Published: 1987-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

The Present Tense of Some Commonly Used Irregular Verbs

There are a few frequently used verbs that are not conjugated like the model verbs. The irregularity consists of the deletion of the vowel part of some of the personal endings. As a model we may use ἀkoύω (I hear):

The present tense of καίω (I burn), κλαίω (I weep), ϕταίω (I am to blame) and πάω (I go) is conjugated like ἀκούω. Certain similar verbs whose stems end in -γ- may lose that final -γ- and are then conjugated like ἀκούω. This group includes λέ (γ)ω (I say), τρώ(γ)ω (I eat) and ϕυλά(γ)ω (I guard). If they do not lose the final -γ- they are conjugated regularly, like πιάνω (see p. 52):

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