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: πατέρας δεξιούς
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: γῆ ἀρίστη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: στρατηγὸς κακός
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον κακόν
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ἡσυχία καλλίστη
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος βέβαιος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον ὅσον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: θύρα ναυτική
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: κελευστὴς πολύς
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα ναυτικά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: θεὸς ὀρθή
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: πρέσβυς ὀλίγος
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πλῆθος θνητόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: αἰτία ἡδεῖα
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: γάμος σοφός
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρέος ἄδικον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: γνώμη δεξιά
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: οὐρανὸς πρῶτος
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἀμαθές
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: ἀρετὴ ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: νεανίσκος ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: χεὶρ πλέα
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: ῥήτωρ ἑτοῖμος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος βέλτιστον
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: κύων ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἡμίονος ὅμοιος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: ὄνομα ὕστερον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μηχανὴ φιλτάτη
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης οἷος
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος φίλτατον
2. prepositional phrase: ἐκ ἐλευθεριῶν μώρων
3. irregular comparative phrase: νῆσον ὀλείζονα τάξεων (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: σωτηρία δάκνῃ (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ οἰκέτα δρᾶ! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: φίλος Ἀθηναίους διωκέτω. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: βασιλεῖς πάσχειν κωλύσετε (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: δημότης σὺ εἴης
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: ῥήτωρ σὺ ἔσῃ

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 middle simple aspect imperative of ἐρωτάω
9. participle: στέλλω in the future tense indeterminate aspect middle neuter genitive dual
10. infinitive: ἵημι in the simple 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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