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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Greek. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: βλέπω vlépo̱ |
To write: γράφω gráfo̱ |
To love: αγαπώ agapó̱ |
To give: δίνω díno̱ |
| To play: παίζω paízo̱ |
To read: διαβάζω diavázo̱ |
To understand: καταλαβαίνω katalavaíno̱ |
To have: έχω écho̱ |
| To know: ξέρω xéro̱ |
To learn: μαθαίνω mathaíno̱ |
To think: σκέφτομαι skéftomai |
To work: δουλεύω doulév̱o̱ |
| To speak: μιλάω miláo̱ |
To drive: οδηγώ odi̱gó̱ |
To smile: χαμογελώ chamogeló̱ |
To find: βρίσκω vrísko̱ |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: σε είδα se eída |
I wrote with a pen: έγραψα με στυλό égrapsa me styló |
| You loved apples: σου άρεσαν πολύ / αγαπούσες τα μήλα sou áresan polý / agapoúses ta mí̱la |
You gave money: έδωσες χρήματα / λεφτά édo̱ses chrí̱mata / leftá |
| You played tennis: έπαιξες τέννις épaixes ténnis |
He read (past) a book: (αυτός) διάβασε ένα βιβλίο (af̱tós) diávase éna vivlío |
| He understood me: (αυτός) με κατάλαβε (af̱tós) me katálave |
She had a cat: (αυτή) είχε μία γάτα (af̱tí̱) eíche mía gáta |
| She knew my friend: (αυτή) ήξερε τον φίλο μου / την φίλη μου (af̱tí̱) í̱xere ton fílo mou / ti̱n fíli̱ mou |
We wanted to learn: (εμείς) θέλαμε να μάθουμε (emeís) thélame na máthoume |
| We thought Spanish is easy: (εμείς) Πιστεύαμε ότι τα Ισπανικά είναι εύκολα (emeís) Pistév̱ame óti ta Ispaniká eínai éf̱kola |
You (plural) worked here: δουλέψατε εδώ doulépsate edó̱ |
| You (plural) spoke French: μιλήσατε Γαλλικά milí̱sate Galliká |
They drove a car: οδήγησαν ένα αμάξι / αυτοκίνητο odí̱gi̱san éna amáxi / af̱tokíni̱to |
| They smiled: χαμογέλασαν chamogélasan |
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