User:ArielGlenn/Terminology

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.

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

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