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: ὁμονοιῶν ναυτικῶν
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: ναῦς δήλη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ἄνθρωπος κακός
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον καλόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: θεὰ καλλίστη
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος πολέμιος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον πολέμιον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: οἰκία ἄλλη
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: κίνδυνος ἄλλος
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: πυρὰ πολλά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: οἴκησις θνητή
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: ἱκέτης θνητός
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα κακόδαιμον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: διάνοια δυστυχής
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: βίος νέος
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα νέον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: κεφαλὴ ῥᾳδία
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: οὐρανὸς ἥττων
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἄγροικον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: διαβολὴ ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: ποταμὸς ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἐκκλησία χαλεπή
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: ἡγεμὼν μόνος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον πλέων
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: κατηγορία μιαρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης τοιοῦτος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: μέρος μέλαν
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μηχανὴ μηδεμία
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης ἅπας
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος ποῖον;
2. prepositional phrase: ὑπὲρ τὰ στρατιωτικὰ αἴτια
3. irregular comparative phrase: πράγματος ἥσσονος ἀσεβειῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: ποὺς κελεύσω (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ ἐμπόριον βόα! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: σωτηρία νεανίαν ποιοῖς. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: κελευστὰς προσέρχεσθαι κωλύει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: πρεσβευτὴς ὅς ἐστιν
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: διδάσκαλος σὺ ἔσει

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 active complete aspect imperative of λαμβάνω
9. participle: τίθημι in the complete aspect active masculine nominative dual
10. infinitive: τρέπω in the simple aspect middle

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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