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: ἀνομία νέα
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: σωτηρία καλή
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ἄνθρωπος δῆλος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον ἔμπειρον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ἡσυχία καλλίστη
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: πόλεμος ἀγαθός
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον πολέμιον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: παῖς ἄλλη
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: παῖς ναυτικός
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: γυνὴ ὀρθή
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: πρεσβευτὴς θνητός
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: ἄστυ ὀλίγον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: διάνοια χρηστή
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: νεανίας χρηστός
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα αἴτιον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: σελήνη ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ἥλιος πρῶτος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἀμαθές
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: φωνὴ ὑμετέρα
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: ῥήτωρ βελτίστη
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: φιλόσοφος βέλτιστος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον μόνον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: κατηγορία μιαρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ τοιοῦτος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: δρᾶμα μέλαν
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μήτηρ ἅπασα
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: θεατὴς ἅπας
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος ἅπαν
2. prepositional phrase: περὶ πράγματος σώου
3. irregular comparative phrase: δεξιᾶς θάσσονος ναυτῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: ἵππος σπείσει (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιε διάφθειρε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: θάλαττα φόβους ἔφθανεν. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: παῖδας κλέπτειν κωλύει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: νομοθέτης ὃς ἦν9. fem. sing. appellative clause: παρθένος σὺ ἦσθα
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 ἀλλάττω
9. participle: λέγω in the simple aspect middle feminine nominative dual
10. infinitive: φαίνω in the continuous 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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