GREEK VERBS and the MST KEY

January is Back to Basics Month on  #metousia so something to help you learn #classicalgreek verb endings thats' also useful for NT and Koine Greek

GREEK VERB KEY

Greek verbs originally had endings

 very similar to this pattern 

μαι σαι ται

Μ Σ Τ

Mu Sigma Tau 

M S T 

Its No MYSTERY!

For most verbs

Μαι becomes ω or plural μεν or μεθα

S becomes ες or Vowel plus ς or ς to τ

so we have ετε or εται in plurals

T becomes ε or ον or plural ονται or ουσι(ν)

If you think of middle and "irregular" forms as simply variants of an older pattern the variety of endings becomes less confusing.