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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈitan/
- Hyphenation: ή‧ταν
Verb
ήταν • (ítan)
- third-person singular imperfect of είμαι (eímai): "he/she/it was"
- Alternative: ήτανε
- third-person plural imperfect of είμαι (eímai): "they were"
- Alternatives: ήτανε, (formal) ήσαν, (vernacular) ήσανε
- Other regional, dialectal variations: ήντουσαν, ήσαντε