User:ArielGlenn/Terminology
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grammatical terms
[edit]You'll see these terms on the Greek Wiktionary. Below is a list of how I'm translating them, with examples of what they represent in English. The examples are supposed to be a reminder, not a perfect match, so don't complain about how the present tense example isn't sufficient. Thanks in advance :-)
- απρόσωπες εγκλίσεις - impersonal forms
- προσωπικές εγκλίσεις - forms with person
- απαρέμφατο - infinitive (it doesn't decline and has no person or number)
- μετοχή - participle
- οριστική - indicative. Example: I have a lousy memory.
- υποτακτική - subjunctive. Example: I wish I had a better memory.
- προστακτική - imperative. Example: Memorize this now!
- μονολεκτικοί χρόνοι - simple tenses. Example: I slept 4 hours last night.
- περιφραστικοί χρόνοι - compund tenses. Example: I will sleep more than 4 hours tonight.
- ενεστώτας - present. Example: I am writing some grammar notes.
- παρατατικός - past imperfective1. Example: I was writing some grammar notes.
- αόριστος - past perfective2. Example: I wrote some grammar notes.
- εξακολουθητικός μέλλοντας - future imperfective. Example: I will be writing some more grammar notes.
- στιγμιαίος μέλλοντας - future perfective. Example: I will write some more grammar notes.
- παρακείμενος - present perfect. Example: I have written some grammar notes.
- υπερσυντέλικος - past perfect. Example: I had written some grammar notes...
- συντελεσμένος μέλλοντας - future perfect. I will have written some grammar notes.
[1] If this term is used in combination with others, like "προστακτική (παρατατικός)", then it is translated simply as "imperfective" or "imperfective stem".
[2] If this term is used in combination with others, like "προστακτική (αόριστος)", then it is translated simply as "perfective" or "perfective stem".