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    This document discusses contract verbs in Ancient Greek. [1] Contract verbs have an invisible vowel that changes the verb ending. [2] They are formed in the same way as standard verbs but with three types of contractions - alpha, epsilon, and omicron - that follow set patterns. [3] Identifying the stem provides the meaning while the ending allows for parsing, and the contraction rules help derive the lexical form.

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    This document discusses contract verbs in Ancient Greek. [1] Contract verbs have an invisible vowel that changes the verb ending. [2] They are formed in the same way as standard verbs but with three types of contractions - alpha, epsilon, and omicron - that follow set patterns. [3] Identifying the stem provides the meaning while the ending allows for parsing, and the contraction rules help derive the lexical form.

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    This document discusses contract verbs in Ancient Greek. [1] Contract verbs have an invisible vowel that changes the verb ending. [2] They are formed in the same way as standard verbs but with three types of contractions - alpha, epsilon, and omicron - that follow set patterns. [3] Identifying the stem provides the meaning while the ending allows for parsing, and the contraction rules help derive the lexical form.

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    Contract Verbs (Present Active Indicative)

    What it is:
    A secondary verb form where an INVISIBLE CONTRACT VOWEL changes the verbs ending.

    What it can do:


    It has exactly the same uses as a standard verb.

    How it is formed:
    stem 1 sg 2 sg 3 sg 1 pl 2 pl 3 pl cont. verb vowel ending nal form () translation I love () You love He/she/it loves We love You love They love (lexical form)

    1 sg 2 sg 3 sg 1 pl 2 pl 3 pl

    ()

    I do () You do He/she/it does We do You do They do

    1 sg 2 sg 3 sg 1 pl 2 pl 3 pl

    I ll () You ll He/she/it lls We ll You ll

    () They ll

    What we can observe:


    1. There are only three kinds of contract verbs: alpha contract, epsilon contract, and omicron contract. They follow the patterns given above. 2. The lexical forms of contract verbs is the uncontracted rst-person singular present active indicative form. 3. Contract verbs have a circumex accent [] in the present active indicative. (In other forms, they have an acute accent [], like standard verbs.) 4. The nal forms are the result of the standard verb ending and the contract vowel contracting together. Here are the main rules of contraction: For alpha contracts: 1. is formed by , , and . 2. is formed by . 3. is formed by . For epsilon contracts: 1. is formed by . 2. is formed by and . 3. is formed by and . For omicron contracts: 1. is formed by . 2. is formed by . 3. is formed by , , and . For later: 1. is formed by . 5. You can identify the meaning of the verb by the stem and you can parse the verb by the ending; the rules of contraction mainly help in guring out the lexical form.

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