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: Ἀθηναῖε ἄδικε
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: ναῦς μώρα
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: στρατηγὸς μῶρος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον σῶον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: θεὰ ὅση
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ἀγαθός
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον κάλλιστον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: νὺξ δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: παῖς ἄλλος
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: κῆρυξ ὀρθή
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: νόμος θνητός
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: ἱερὸν ὀρθόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: αἰτία αἰτια
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: υἱὸς ἄδικος
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα δίκαιον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: γνώμη ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: δῆμος ἥττων
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον ἀδύνατον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: ἀνάγκη ἀνδρεία
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: ποταμὸς ὑμέτερος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: κτῆμα ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἡδονὴ πλέα
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: πολίτης βέλτιστος
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: πάθος χαλεπόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ἀπολογία τάλαινα
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: κλέπτης ἥσυχος
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: μέρος τάλαν
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: σπουδὴ φιλτάτη
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: ἡμίονος ἀμελής
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον φίλτατον
2. prepositional phrase: ἐκ χωρίων θνητῶν
3. irregular comparative phrase: πλῆθος βέλτιoν σπονδῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: οὐρανὸς ἐνείη (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ ξεῖνε ζήτει! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: Ἕλλην γεωργὸν εἶχες. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: Ἀθηναῖον ἀποχωρεῖν κωλύει (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: γείτων ἐγώ εἰμι
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: παρθένος 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: 1st person plural middle future indeterminate aspect optative of δίδωμι
9. participle: πράττω in the continuous aspect passive neuter dative plural
10. infinitive: ἵημι in the future complete 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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