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: σωτῆρες κάλλιστοι
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: σωτηρία καλή
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: Παρθενὼν κακός
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον ἄριστον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ἡσυχία πολεμία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: πόλεμος κάλλιστος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον ὅσον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: γείτων δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ἄλλος
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα ναυτικά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: θεὰ θνητή
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: δοῦλος ὀρθός
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: πρᾶγμα ὀρθόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: διάνοια δικαία
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος βαρύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρέος νέον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: γνώμη πρώτη
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: ποὺς κρείττων
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἧττον
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: σημεῖον ὑμέτερον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: εἰρήνη χείρων
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: φιλόσοφος εὐδαίμων
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος δεξιόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: κατηγορία μέλαινα
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: ἡμίονος ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: παιδίον ἥσυχον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μηχανὴ ἀμελής
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: θεατὴς οἷος
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: τεῖχος μηδέν
2. prepositional phrase: περὶ σελήνας δεξιάς
3. irregular comparative phrase: ὅπλων θασσόνων ἄστεων (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: μαθητὴς διώκεις (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ ἐμπόριον ἔχε! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: νεανίας φόβον καλοῖς. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: ἵππον ἐνεῖναι κωλύω (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: ὑπηρέτης σὺ ἔσῃ
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: ἐραστὴς ἣ εἴη

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 plural middle complete aspect imperative of ἀλλάττω
9. participle: τρέπω in the future tense indeterminate aspect active feminine vocative dual
10. infinitive: ἵστημι 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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