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: πόλεμοι ἥττονες
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: σωτηρία καλή
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: στρατηγὸς κακός
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον ἄριστον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: τόλμα ἀγαθή
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ὅσος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: ἐμπόριον ἀγαθόν
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: εὐχὴ δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: σωτὴρ ναυτικός
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: πυρὰ πολλά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: δαίμων ὀλίγη
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: κῆρυξ κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: ἱερὸν ὀρθόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: αἰτία δικαία
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: νοῦς βαρύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα σοφόν
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: φροντὶς ἥττων
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: δῆμος δεξιός
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἀμαθές
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: δόξα ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: νεανίσκος ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἐκκλησία ἀξία
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: ἡγεμὼν εὐδαίμων
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον χαλεπόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀγορὰ τοιαύτη
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: θάνατος ὅμοιος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: παιδίον ἥσυχον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: φύλαξ φιλτάτη
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: θάνατος ποῖος;
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος φίλτατον
2. prepositional phrase: μετὰ Ἀθηναίων δικαίων
3. irregular comparative phrase: ἄστυ θᾶσσον σπονδῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: νόσος ζητεῖς (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ ἀνομία κώλυε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: γῆ κυβερνήτην ποιῇ. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: σωτῆρα φέρειν κωλύσει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: τροφὸς ὃς ἔστω
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: παρθένος σὺ ἔσει

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 plural active continuous aspect imperative of ἐρωτάω
9. participle: δίδωμι in the future tense indeterminate aspect middle feminine nominative dual
10. infinitive: τρέπω 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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