Exercise: Imperfect Parsing Drill

Chapter 21 — Imperfect Indicative

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Twenty imperfect indicative forms. Students parse each form (tense, voice, mood, person, number), identify the augment type (syllabic or temporal), provide the lexical form, and translate with appropriate aspect language ("was -ing" or "used to ").

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 ἔλυον Act Mid/Pass 1/3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg Sg/Pl Syllabic (after ἐκ-) Syllabic (ε-) Temporal (after πρός-) Temporal (αυ→ηυ) Temporal (α→η) Temporal (εἰμί) Temporal (ε→η) ▶

A: 1 ἔλυον Act 1/3rd Sg/Pl Syllabic (ε-) λύω I was loosing / they were loosing

Q2. 2 ἔλυες Act Mid/Pass 1/3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg Sg/Pl Syllabic (after ἐκ-) Syllabic (ε-) Temporal (after πρός-) Temporal (αυ→ηυ) Temporal (α→η) Temporal (εἰμί) Temporal (ε→η) ▶

A: 2 ἔλυες Act 2nd Sg Syllabic (ε-) λύω You were loosing

Q3. 3 ἔλυεν Act Mid/Pass 1/3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg Sg/Pl Syllabic (after ἐκ-) Syllabic (ε-) Temporal (after πρός-) Temporal (αυ→ηυ) Temporal (α→η) Temporal (εἰμί) Temporal (ε→η) ▶

A: 3 ἔλυεν Act 3rd Sg Syllabic (ε-) λύω He/she was loosing