Greek Verb Recognition for Common Entrance

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Greek Tenses – Partial Overview

Present
I am stopping
Imperfect
I was stopping
Future
I shall stop
First Aorist
I stopped
Second Aorist
I took
I
You (s)
He/she/it
We
You (p)
They
παύω
παύεις
παύει
παύομεν
παύετε
παύουσι(ν)
ἔπαυον
ἔπαυες
ἔπαυε(ν)
ἐπαύομεν
ἐπαύετε
ἔπαυον
παύσω
παύσεις
παύσει
παύσομεν
παύσετε
παύσουσι(ν)
ἔπαυσα
ἔπαυσας
ἔπαυσε(ν)
ἐπαύσαμεν
ἐπαύσατε
ἔπαυσαν
ἔλαβον
ἔλαβες
ἔλαβε(ν)
ἐλάβομεν
ἐλάβετε
ἔλαβον
Notes You make this tense by adding the personal ending to the stem  – nothing else You make this tense by adding the augment, usually ἐ-, at the front. This shows past continuous action You make this tense by adding the tense marker -σ-. This shows future time This is the first aorist. You usually see an augment at the front and -σα- inside the verb. Think α for aorist This is the second aorist. It still has an augment, but it does not use -σα-. Instead, it adds the imperfect endings to a more or less altered stem. Here we use λαμβάνω as the example
Greek verbs are modular. You make them by combining elements roughly as follows:
παυσομεν
Root – the basic meaning of the verb: here, παυ gives you the sense of stopping
Tense marker – tells you when the verb happens
Personal ending – tells you who is doing the verb
What to notice:
Present has no augment and no future marker.
Imperfect usually adds ἐ- at the front.
Future usually adds -σ-.
First aorist often adds ἐ- and -σα-.
Second aorist often adds ἐ-, but changes the stem instead of adding -σα-.