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: ὕβρεις ἀρίστας
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: ναῦς ἀρίστη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ῥαψωδὸς μῶρος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον ἄριστον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: θεὰ πολεμία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: πόλεμος ἀγαθός
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον κάλλιστον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: νῆσος ναυτική
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: ἀνὴρ ναυτικός
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: πυρὰ δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: θεὸς ὀλίγη
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: φόβος ὀλίγος
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πλῆθος εὖφρον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: δίκη χρηστή
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: οἰκέτης δυστυχής
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα βαρύ
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: κεφαλὴ ὁπόση
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ἥλιος ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον χρήσιμον
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: κτῆμα ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: εἰρήνη ἀξία
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: χρόνος πλέως
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος δεξιόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀγορὰ ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: μάρτυς ἥσυχος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: πῦρ ἥσυχον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: σπουδὴ φιλτάτη
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ φίλτατος
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος ἀμελές
2. prepositional phrase: πρὸς ναυμαχίαν ἄδικον
3. irregular comparative phrase: νεωρίου ῥᾴονος νῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: γείτων μαθήσομαι (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ γέρον κέλευε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: νοῦς βασιλέας λανθάνεις. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: δεσπότας δύειν κελεύσω (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: ξένος ἐγὼ ἦ
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: παρθένος 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 singular active future complete aspect optative of παύω
9. participle: φέρω in the simple aspect passive neuter vocative plural
10. infinitive: ἵημι in the future complete 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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