Modern Greek/Lesson 07.1

Lesson 7.1: Present Tense Irregular Verbs

As with all languages there are some verbs which are irregular. This page will have a list of some of the common verbs which are irregular in the present tense. The first three examples look very close to regular verbs but with a few letters missing, I think this is where there used to be an additional γ in the verb which got lost, so some vowels had to go to make it still readable, but I'm still looking for a source for that. The final verb we will later see looks very familiar to a different class of regular verbs.

τρώω - to eat

Verb table

Verb τρώω · to eat
-	Sing.	Plu.
1st	τρώω	τρώμε
2nd	τρως	τρώτε
3rd	τρώει	τρώνε

λέω - to say

Verb table

Verb λέω · to say
-	Sing.	Plu.
1st	λέω	λέμε
2nd	λες	λέτε
3rd	λέει	λένε

ακούω - to listen/hear

Verb table

Verb ακούω · to listen
-	Sing.	Plu.
1st	ακούω	ακούμε
2nd	ακούς	ακούτε
3rd	ακούει	ακούν

Πηγαίνω/πάω - to go

Verb table

Verb πάω · to go
-	Sing.	Plu.
1st	πάω	πάμε
2nd	πας	πάτε
3rd	πάει	πάνε

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