Present Perfect or Past Perfective?
The past perfective can often be used instead of the present perfect without a significant change in meaning.Ο Γιάννης είχε…
Greek Grammar
Verb groups
There are two main groups of verbs according to the ending of their citation form, i.e. the first person singular…
Complement clauses
Complement clauses are nominal and function as complements of verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbsComplement clauses are introduced by: (a) the…
Clauses of Concession / Contrast
The clauses of concession / contrast are introduced by conjunctions such as αν και (even though, although), παρ’ όλο που…
Counterfactual conditionals 2nd Type
In counterfactual conditionals, the content of the if-clause has not been fulfilled in the past or most likely will not…
Future Continuous
Future ContinuousAlthough Greek doesn’t make any distinction between “I write” and “I am writing” in present tense, they do make the distinction…
Conditional clauses – Ιst Type
Conditional sentences have two parts: the if-clause and the result-clause (apodosis). The if-clause is usually introduced by the conjunctions αν…
Subjects are optional
A clause always has a subject and a verb. However, in Greek the subject might be omitted. This happens because…