User:ArielGlenn/Terminology

grammatical terms

You'll see these terms on the Greek Wiktionary. Below is a list of how I'm translating them, with examples of what they represent in English. The examples are supposed to be a reminder, not a perfect match, so don't complain about how the present tense example isn't sufficient. Thanks in advance :-)

• απρόσωπες εγκλίσεις - impersonal forms
• προσωπικές εγκλίσεις - forms with person
• απαρέμφατο - infinitive (it doesn't decline and has no person or number)
• μετοχή - participle
• οριστική - indicative. Example: I have a lousy memory.
• υποτακτική - subjunctive. Example: I wish I had a better memory.
• προστακτική - imperative. Example: Memorize this now!
• μονολεκτικοί χρόνοι - simple tenses. Example: I slept 4 hours last night.
• περιφραστικοί χρόνοι - compund tenses. Example: I will sleep more than 4 hours tonight.
• ενεστώτας - present. Example: I am writing some grammar notes.
• παρατατικός - past imperfective¹. Example: I was writing some grammar notes.
• αόριστος - past perfective². Example: I wrote some grammar notes.
• εξακολουθητικός μέλλοντας - future imperfective. Example: I will be writing some more grammar notes.
• στιγμιαίος μέλλοντας - future perfective. Example: I will write some more grammar notes.
• παρακείμενος - present perfect. Example: I have written some grammar notes.
• υπερσυντέλικος - past perfect. Example: I had written some grammar notes...
• συντελεσμένος μέλλοντας - future perfect. I will have written some grammar notes.

[1] If this term is used in combination with others, like "προστακτική (παρατατικός)", then it is translated simply as "imperfective" or "imperfective stem".

[2] If this term is used in combination with others, like "προστακτική (αόριστος)", then it is translated simply as "perfective" or "perfective stem".