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: παῖδας δεξιούς
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: ἀκρόπολις ἔμπειρος
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ῥαψωδὸς δῆλος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: νεώριον κακόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: τόλμα ἀγαθή
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: πόλεμος πολέμιος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον βέβαιον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: γείτων μεγάλη
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: γείτων μέγας
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα ναυτικά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: οἴκησις ὀλίγη
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: θεὸς ὀλίγος
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα κακόδαιμον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: διάνοια βαρεῖα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: νοῦς βαθύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα δυστυχές
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: φροντὶς ἀδύνατος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ποὺς ἀμαθής
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἄγροικον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: σοφία ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: διδάσκαλος ὑμέτερος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: σημεῖον ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἡδονὴ δεξιά
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: χρόνος ἄξιος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος μόνον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: κατηγορία πᾶσα
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ μιαρός
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: μέρος τοιοῦτον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: γραῦς φιλτάτη
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ γλυκύς
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος ποῖον;
2. prepositional phrase: ἐπὶ ἔργον πολέμιον
3. irregular comparative phrase: φόβῳ βελτίονι γείτονος (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: νεκρὸς εἴσειμι (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ εὐχὴ ῥῖπτε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: νὺξ ἡσυχίας ἔκλεπτες. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: γυναῖκας τιμᾶν κελεύω (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: θεσμοθέτης ἐγώ εἰμι
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: γυνὴ ἐγὼ εἴην

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: 3rd person singular passive complete aspect imperative of λέγω
9. participle: πέμπω in the continuous aspect active neuter nominative singular
10. infinitive: λαμβάνω in the complete 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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