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: πράγμασι(ν) αἰτίοις
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: θάλαττα ἔμπειρος
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ἄνθρωπος ἔμπειρος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον κακόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: νίκη βεβαία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος κάλλιστος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον κάλλιστον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: εὐχὴ δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: ἀνὴρ πολύς
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: πυρὰ δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: οἴκησις κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: νόμος εὔφρων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πλῆθος εὖφρον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: δίκη νέα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: μαθητὴς ἡδύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρέος ἡδύ
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: κεφαλὴ ἀδύνατος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ἥλιος ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον πρῶτον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: δόξα ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: ποταμὸς ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: σημεῖον ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: σπονδὴ εὐδαίμων
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: δῆμος ἑτοῖμος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος εὔδαιμον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: μάρτυς ὑστέρα
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἡμίονος μέλας
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: μέρος τάλαν
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: σπουδὴ ἅπασα
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: ἡμίονος ποῖος;
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον φίλτατον
2. prepositional phrase: μετὰ νόσους βεβαίας
3. irregular comparative phrase: ναύταις πλέοσι(ν) τῶν στρατηγικῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: θεὸς ἐκόλαζον (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ βίε ἐπικάλου! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: τόλμα ἀκρόπολιν εἰσέφερεν. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: πατέρα εἶναι ἐκωλύετε (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: ὑπηρέτης ἐγώ εἰμι
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: μάντις ἣ ἦν

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 continuous aspect imperative of αἱρέω
9. participle: παύω in the continuous aspect middle neuter dative dual
10. infinitive: τίθημι in the complete 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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