Ενδέκατο μάθημα (=lesson 11)

Ενδέκατο μάθημα (=lesson 11)

Ενεστώτας/Present tense

            First group: includes verbs in –ω (without accent mark).

            Verbs ending in –εύω.

            We read the epsilon-ipsilon combination with two different ways, like

            ef or ev. It depends on the following letter of the word. We read the –ευ

            like ev when the following letter of the word is β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ or a

            vowel. As the endings of first group verbs begin with a vowel (-ω, -εις, -ει,

            -ουμε, -ετε, -ουν/-ουνε), we always read the –ευ like ev.

            εγώ δουλέυω

            εσύ δουλεύεις

            αυτός/ αυτή/ αυτό δουλεύει

            εμείς δουλεύουμε

            εσείς δουλεύετε

            αυτοί/ αυτές/ αυτά δουλεύουν/ δουλεύουνε

           

            Some important verbs ending in –εύω:

            δουλεύω: I work

            μαγειρεύω: I cook

            χορεύω: I dance

            ψαρεύω: I fish

            μπερδεύω: I entangle, involve, confuse

            φυτεύω: I plant

            κλαδεύω: I prune, I trim, clip

            ανακατεύω: I mix, mingle, blend, stir, jumble

            μαζεύω: I gather, collect, pick up

            λατρεύω: I adore, worship

            κοροϊδεύω: I mock, laugh at, kid

            γυρεύω: I seek, search, look for, ask for

            κουρεύω: I cut the hair, shear, clip, mow

            μαγεύω: I bewitch, enchant, cast a spel

            πιστεύω: I believe

            εκπαιδεύω: I educate, teach, train

            ερμηνεύω: I interpret, translate

            ταξιδεύω: I travel, make a trip

            μεταναστεύω: I emigrate, immigrate

            αγναντεύω: I watch, gaze

            μαντεύω: I predict, guess

            Με μπερδεύουν αυτά τα ρήματα (these verbs are confusing me).

            Πιστεύω στον Θεό (I believe in God).

            Πιστεύω στις ικανότητές σου (I believe in your abilities).

            Μαντεύω το μέλλον (I tell/ predict the future).

            Μαζεύω λουλούδια (I gather flowers).

            Μαζεύω γραμματόσημα (I collect stamps).

            Μαζεύω χρήματα (I collect money).

            Γιατί με κοροϊδεύεις; (Why are you laughing at me?)

            Κουρεύω το γκαζόν (Ι mow the lawn).

            Tη λατρεύει (He adores her).

            Λατρεύω τον Θεό (I worship God).

            Kλέβω την παράσταση (I steal the show).

  

            All the active first group verbs ending in –evo are written with –ευ. There

            is only one exception, the verb κλέβω (=I steal, swipe, filch, rob,

kidnap) which is written with –B, β.