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Lesson 7.1: Present Tense Irregular Verbs

As with all languages there are some verbs which are irregular. This page will have a list of some of the common verbs which are irregular in the present tense. The first three examples look very close to regular verbs but with a few letters missing, I think this is where there used to be an additional γ in the verb which got lost, so some vowels had to go to make it still readable, but I'm still looking for a source for that. The final verb we will later see looks very familiar to a different class of regular verbs.

τρώω - to eat

Verb table

Verb
τρώω · to eat
-Sing.Plu.
1stτρώωτρώμε
2ndτρωςτρώτε
3rdτρώειτρώνε

Examples

λέω - to say

Verb table

Verb
λέω · to say
-Sing.Plu.
1stλέωλέμε
2ndλεςλέτε
3rdλέειλένε

Examples

ακούω - to listen/hear

Verb table

Verb
ακούω · to listen
-Sing.Plu.
1stακούωακούμε
2ndακούςακούτε
3rdακούειακούν

Examples

Πηγαίνω/πάω - to go

Verb table

Verb
πάω · to go
-Sing.Plu.
1stπάωπάμε
2ndπαςπάτε
3rdπάειπάνε

Examples

Exercises

Now try the exercises here .


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