Lesson XII - Lets review what weve learnt

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[annis]

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[spiphany]

A number of verbs have something called a second aorist, which uses the imperfect (secondary) endings instead of the characteristic alpha. I don't know that it's entirely predictable when this is happens -- often I think it's when the aorist uses a stem which is shorter than the present (as some verbs in nu, for example).

[annis]

Also see this: Notes on the Aorist Morphology.

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thankς guyς

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[annis]

Not always true for ου either, right? In fact, I'm thinking the ου in the accusative ending -ους here was never a diphthong.

D'oh! Yes, both of them.

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