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The Past tenses of the verb in Modern Greek

1) Παρατατικός : ήμουν

Imperfect : I was : Uninterrupted (continuous) progress

2) Αόριστός : το ρήμα ”είμαι”δεν έχει αόριστο. Ο Αόριστος αναφέρεται σε ένα γεγονός το οποίο έγινε για μια φορά στο παρελθόν.

Aorist : Short completed activity in past

3) Παρακείμενος : έχω + ρήμα

Present perfect : have + verb

4) Υπερσυντέλικος : είχα + ρήμα

    Pluperfect : had + verb = Perfect completed, with result Past, with a result today

* There is no element in the Greek language more important than the grammatical time. It is the most complicated and difficult part of the grammar.

In English and in most other languages, the grammatical time relates to an operation or activity of the verb in the present, past or future. In Greek,

however, it is paramount that the grammatical tense of a verb is not the real time, but the nature of the action or event that represents the verb.

The time which is denoted by a phrase or text is secondary.