Greek grammar

11 lessons

1. 1 Unreal conditions: αν είχα…, θα… If I had money, I would travel / If I had studied, I would have passed.
2. 2 Future perfect and probability: θα έχει φύγει θα έχω τελειώσει, and θα for guesses about the present and the past.
3. 3 The passive participle: γραμμένος, κλεισμένος -μένος adjectives from verbs, with είμαι and έχω.
4. 4 Less regular nouns το δάσος, το κρέας, ο καφές / οι καφέδες, η γιαγιά / οι γιαγιάδες, το γράψιμο.
5. 5 Less regular adjectives: πολύς, βαθύς, ακριβής The -ύς, -ής and -ης patterns, and the very common πολύς.
6. 6 Word order and doubling: Το βιβλίο το διάβασα Flexible word order, topics, and repeating the object with a pronoun.
7. 7 Reported speech Είπε ότι…, ρώτησε αν…, μου είπε να…: Greek usually keeps the original tense.
8. 8 Compound verbs and the internal augment ανέφερα, παρέδωσα, συνέβη: learned compounds, and colloquial ξανα-, παρα-.
9. 9 More prepositions: κατά, παρά, προς, λόγω, μεταξύ Prepositions with the accusative and the learned ones with the genitive.
10. 10 Modality: πρέπει, μπορεί, ίσως, μάλλον Obligation, possibility and probability.
11. 11 Spelling: one sound, several letters ι / η / υ / ει / οι, ο / ω, ε / αι: how grammar tells you which to write.