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: πλοῖον καλόν
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: γῆ δήλη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ἄνθρωπος μῶρος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον κακόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ναυμαχία πολεμία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος πολέμιος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον ἀγαθόν
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: θυσία ἄλλη
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: θόρυβος πολύς
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: πυρὰ δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: δαίμων εὔφρων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: δεσπότης εὔφρων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα εὖφρον
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: αἰτία ἡδεῖα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: νοῦς δίκαιος
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα χρηστόν
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: φροντὶς ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ποὺς δεξιός
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ῥᾴδιον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: ἀρετὴ ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: ποιήτης ὑμέτερος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: εἰρήνη ἀξία
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: πολίτης βέλτιστος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος μέγιστον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀπολογία μιαρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἄναξ μέλας
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: δρᾶμα ὕστερον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μήτηρ οἵα
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: θάνατος γλυκύς
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος οἷος
2. prepositional phrase: ὑπὸ λαμπάδας πολεμίας
3. irregular comparative phrase: ῥαψωδοῦ ἀμείνονος κυβερνητῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: νῆσος χωρήσει (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ πρεσβευτὰ σῷζε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: ναύτης ἡσυχίαν δηλούτω. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: οἰκίας ῥίπτειν ἐκέλευον (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: γέρων ἐγὼ εἴην
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: ἐπίκληρος ἐγὼ ὦ

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 πράττω
9. participle: τρέπω in the continuous aspect active neuter nominative dual
10. infinitive: ἀλλάττω in the future indeterminate 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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