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: ἡσυχία μώρα
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: σωτηρία δήλη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ναύτης φίλος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον καλόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ναυμαχία καλλίστη
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ὅσος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον κάλλιστον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: γείτων ναυτική
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: λιμὴν μέγας
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα ναυτικά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: οἴκησις κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: βασιλεὺς εὔφρων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα ὀρθόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: δίκη βαρεῖα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: γάμος σοφός
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρέος ἄδικον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: κεφαλὴ ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: δῆμος ὁπόσος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἀδύνατον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: ἀλήθεια ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: νεανίσκος ὑμέτερος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: σημεῖον ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἡδονὴ μεγίστη
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: χρόνος βελτίων
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος εὔδαιμον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀγορὰ πᾶσα
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης πᾶς
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: μέρος ἥσυχον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μήτηρ ποία;
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: φύλαξ γλυκύς
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον ἅπαν
2. prepositional phrase: διὰ πράγματος ἀγροίκου
3. irregular comparative phrase: φίλοι βελτίους ὕβρεων (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: γυνὴ ἅπτοις (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ βάρβαρε ἐξεύρισκε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: ἄστυ ὁμονοίας ὀλοφύρηται. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: γέροντα φαίνεθσαι κωλύεις (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: προστάτης σὺ εἴης
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: τέκνον ἣ ᾖ

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 singular middle future indeterminate aspect optative of φέρω
9. participle: βάλλω in the future tense indeterminate aspect active masculine accusative singular
10. infinitive: νομίζω in the complete aspect active

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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