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: ὅπλων δήλων
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: θάλαττα ἀρίστη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: λέμβος σῶος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον φίλον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: στρατιὰ πολεμία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος κάλλιστος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον ὅσον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: τέχνη δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: τριήραρχος ἄλλος
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: οἴκησις κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: νόμος κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: ἄστυ εὖφρον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: διάνοια βαθεῖα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: μαθητὴς ἡδύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα ἄδικον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: φροντὶς ἀδύνατος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: γέρων ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ὁπόσον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: φωνὴ 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: σπονδὴ πλέα
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: σῖτος βελτίων
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον βέλτιoν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ψῆφος πονηρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: παιδίον τοιοῦτον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: σπουδὴ ἅπασα
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης ἀμελής
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον μηδέν
2. prepositional phrase: ὑπὸ αἰτίᾳ χρηστῇ
3. irregular comparative phrase: ἐμπόρια φιλίω ναυτῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: σελήνη κελεύῃ (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ ἄνερ ἀναχώρει! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: βασιλεὺς σελήνας ἐποίεις. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: Ἀθηναῖον ἀναβαίνειν κωλύει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: διαιτητὴς ἐγώ εἰμι
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: μέτοικος ἣ ἐστιν

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 passive simple aspect imperative of φέρω
9. participle: ἄγω in the future complete aspect passive neuter dative plural
10. infinitive: φέρω in the future indeterminate 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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