Verb: Present medio-passive

MorphologyVerb – Present medio-passive singular

• The 1st and 3rd person forms have -αι at the very end.
• Note the iota subscript under the η in the 2nd person.
• The theme vowel (the 1st vowel of the ending) is the same in the act and med-psv:
• The 1st person has an o-class theme vowel (κράζ-ω, ἔρχ-ομαι).

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MorphologyVerb – Present medio-passive plural

• Like the sg forms, the med-psv pl forms are similar to their act counterparts.
• For the 1st and 2nd person, the θ marks the med-psv.
• 1st person – κράζ-ομεν, ἐρχ-όμεθα
• 2nd person – κράζ-ετε, ἔρχ-εσθε

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SyntaxMiddle and passive voice and word order

In previous lessons, we said that the basic word order in Greek can be either SV or VS (see Syntax A for more on basic word order). Across different languages and in Greek itself, verbs in middle or passive voice have a greater tendency to be in VS order. Because of this and because VS is a possible basic order in Greek, the sentences in the Biblingo app with middle or passive voice verbs (including medio-passive) are written with VS order. (You can still give SV as the answer, and it will be counted as correct.)

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