Ancient Greek phrase generator (version 2, June 2016)

RANDOM NOUN AND VERB PHRASES based on Reading Greek vocabulary Units 1–10
N.B. The computer code (PHP) will frequently create nonsense but every phrase or sentence should be grammatically correct.
N.B. Try translating any subjunctives or optatives with "may".

1. RG Units 1-6 noun-phrase: πόλεσι(ν) ἀγροίκαις
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: σωτηρία καλή
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ῥαψωδὸς κακός
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον σῶον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: νίκη ἀγαθή
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος βέβαιος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον ὅσον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: σπονδὴ δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: θόρυβος ἄλλος
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα ἄλλα
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: ἀσέβεια κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: βασιλεὺς θνητός
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα θνητόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: αἰτία νέα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: νεανίας δίκαιος
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα νέον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: φροντὶς δεξιά
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: οὐρανὸς κρείττων
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον πρῶτον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: ἀνάγκη ὑμετέρα
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: ποιήτης ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: χεὶρ μείζων
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: δικαστὴς βέλτιστος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον χαλεπόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀγορὰ μιαρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: κύων ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: δρᾶμα τοιοῦτον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: φύλαξ μηδεμία
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: θάνατος γλυκύς
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον ποῖον;
2. prepositional phrase: παρὰ γεωργῷ ὀρθῷ
3. irregular comparative phrase: ἐμπορίου λῴονος πατρὸς (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: Ἀθηναῖος ἀφέλκῃ (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ θύρα ἀπέρχου! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: διάνοια πόλεις παύσει. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: οἰκίαν φιλεῖν κελεύει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: ἡγεμὼν σὺ ἴσθι
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: τυραννὸς ἐγὼ εἴην

suggested exercises
• insert correctly inflected forms of ὁ, οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, or ὅδε (or try πᾶς, μέγας, πολύς, and αὐτός ipse)
• add correctly inflected forms of ὤν, ἰών, or εἰδώς
• change singulars to plural and vice versa
• convert transitive phrases into passive expressions

RANDOM VERB-FORMS of important verbs (ἄγω, αἴρω, αἱρέω, ἀλλάττω, βάλλω, δίδωμι, δουλόω, ἐλευθερόω, ἐρωτάω, ἔχω, ἵημι, ἵστημι, λαμβάνω, λέγω, λείπω, λύω, νομίζω, παύω, πέμπω, ποιέω, πράττω, στέλλω, τίθημι, τιμάω, τρέπω, φαίνω, φέρω)
N.B. It may help to read present for "continuous aspect", aorist for "simple aspect" and perfect for "complete aspect".

8. finite form: 2nd person plural active complete aspect imperative of λέγω
9. participle: τρέπω in the future tense indeterminate aspect passive feminine nominative singular
10. infinitive: πέμπω in the simple aspect passive

suggested exercises
• change the voice of the form
• change the aspect of the form
• change singulars into plural and vice versa
• try dual forms

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