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Tenses – Simple Future 2nd Conjugation Posted by on May 5, 2012 in Grammar

A verb belongs to the category of the second conjugation when the stress of the verbs is at the last syllable in the first person of the present tense.

Ex.

Agapo(αγαπώ= to love), peeno(Πεινώ=to be hungry), Zeeto(Zητώ=to ask), mporo(Μπορώ=I can).

In simple future the characteristic letter before the ending is the same as in the simple past. So you can have a look at the post with the simple past 2nd Conjugation to help yourself.

Group 1.

Verbs like:

Present: ζω (I live), Past: έζησα (I lived), Future: θα ζήσω (I will live).

Γελώ (I laugh), γέλασα (I laughed), θα γελάσω (I will laugh).

Ξεχνώ (I forget), ξέχασα (I forgot), θα ξεχάσω (I will forget).

I Θα ζήσω (tha zeeso) Θα γελάσω (tha gelaso) Θα ξεχάσω (tha ksehaso)
You Θα ζήσεις (tha zeesees) Θα γελάσεις (tha gelaseis) Θα ξεχάσεις (tha ksehaseis)
He, she, it Θα ζήσει (tha zeesee) Θα γελάσει (tha gelasei) Θα ξεχάσει (tha ksehasei)
We Θα ζήσουμε (tha zeesoume) Θα γελάσουμε (tha gelasoume) Θα ξεχάσουμε (tha ksehasoume)
You Θα ζήσετε (tha zeesete) Θα γελάσετε (tha gelasete) Θα ξεχάσετε (tha ksehasete)
they Θα ζήσουν / ζήσουνε (tha zeesoun / zeesoune) Θα γελάσουν / γελάσουνε (tha gelasoun / gelasoune) Θα ξεχάσουν / ξεχάσουνε (tha ksehasoun)

 

For verbs like πεινώ(I am hungry), ξεχνώ, περνώ (I pass), γερνώ (I age) when we form the future tense we just remove the “ν”,just like in the simple past.

Group 2.

Verbs like:

Present: τραβώ (I pull), Past: τράβηξα (I pulled), Future: θα τραβήξω (I will pull).

Πετώ(I fly), πέταξα (I flew), θα πετάξω (Ι will fly)

I Θα τραβήξω (tha traveexo) Θα πετάξω (tha petaxo)
You Θα τραβήξεις (tha traveexeis) Θα πετάξεις (tha petaxeis)
He, she, it Θα τραβήξει (tha traveexei) Θα πετάξει (tha petaxei)
We Θα τραβήξουμε (tha traveexoume) Θα πετάξουμε (tha petaxoume)
You Θα τραβήξετε (tha traveexete) Θα πετάξετε (tha petaxete)
they Θα τραβήξουν (tha traveexoyn) Θα πετάξουν (tha petaxoun)

 

Here are some verbs conjugated like the above from both groups. Try to do it yourself.

Τηλεφωνώ
Προσπαθώ
Πεινώ
Διψώ
Μπορώ
Παρακαλώ
χωρώ
πηδώ
βαστώ
φυσώ

 

 

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