Gerunds Exercises For Greek Grammar

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Gerunds in Greek grammar are a crucial part of learning the language. They are verbs that function as nouns within the context of a sentence, often found in instances where in English one might employ a verb ending in “-ing”. This particular form is expressed in Greek using the verbal noun. Greek gerunds can express ongoing, incomplete actions, and are extensively used in everyday conversation and written language. Understanding how to form and use Greek gerunds can greatly enhance a student’s fluency and comprehension of the Greek language.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Greek gerund.

1. “ฮ”ฮตฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฯฮญฯƒฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฮตฮนฮฝ* (drinking) ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮญ.”
2. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮตฮนฮฝ* (writing) ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮดฯฯƒฮบฮฟฮปฮฟ.”
3. “ฮœฮตฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ†ฮฌฮณฮตฮนฮฝ* (eating), ฯ€ฮฌฮผฮต ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฏฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮฟ.”
4. “*ฮ•ฮฏฮดฮฑ* (I saw) ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮ“ฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮท ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฟฮปฯ…ฮผฯ€ฮฌฮตฮน.”
5. “ฮŸ ฮ‘ฮฝฮดฯฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮฑฮณฮฑฯ€ฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ* (reading).”
6. “ฮ— *ฮตฯ€ฮฏฯƒฮบฮตฯˆฮท* (visiting) ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮบฯฯŒฯ€ฮฟฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฑฯฯ€ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ.”
7. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮผฮฑฮณฮตฮฏฯฮตฮผฮฑ* (cooking) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ….”
8. “ฮŸ ฮ ฮญฯ„ฯฮฟฯ‚ ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮนฯƒฮต ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ* (studying) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮพฮตฯ„ฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚.”
9. “*ฮ— ฮบฮฟฮปฯฮผฮฒฮทฯƒฮท* (swimming) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮปฮฎ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮฏฮฑ.”
10. “ฮ— ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮดฮตฮฝ ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮธฮตฮฏ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ†ฮฑฮณฮทฯ„ฯŒ* (eating).”
11. “ฮŸ ฮ’ฮฑฯƒฮฏฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฮณฮฑฯ€ฮฌฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ„ฯฮญฮพฮนฮผฮฟ* (running).”
12. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฑฯ€ฮฝฮฏฮถฮตฮนฯ‚* (smoking) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮบฯŒ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮฏฮฑ.”
13. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮณฮญฮปฮนฮฟ* (laughing) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮท ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮท ฮธฮตฯฮฑฯ€ฮตฮฏฮฑ.”
14. “ฮ”ฮตฮฝ ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฯŽ ฮฝฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯƒฯ‰ ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ†ฮฑฮณฮทฯ„ฯŒ* (eating).”
15. “ฮ— *ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮณฮฝฯ‰ฯƒฮท* (reading) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮปฮตฮนฮดฮฏ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮท ฮผฮฌฮธฮทฯƒฮท.”

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Greek gerund.

1. “*ฮคฮฟ ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ* (The studying) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮผฯŒฮฝฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฯฯŒฯ€ฮฟฯ‚ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฌฯƒฯ‰ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮพฮตฯ„ฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚.”
2. “ฮœฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯฮญฯƒฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮนฮผฮฟ* (writing) ฮดฮฟฮบฮนฮผฮฏฯ‰ฮฝ.”
3. “ฮŸ ฮงฮฌฯฮทฯ‚ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฯƒฯ‡ฮฟฮปฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮบฯ…ฮฝฮฎฮณฮน* (hunting).”
4. “ฮŸ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ‚ ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮนฯƒฮต ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ‡ฯŒฯฮตฯˆฮนฮผฮฟ* (dancing) ฮผฮต ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฌ.”
5. “*ฮคฮฟ ฮผฮฌฮธฮทฮผฮฑ* (The lesson) ฮพฮตฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯƒฮต ฮผฮต ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ.”
6. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮถฯ‰ฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮฏฮถฮตฮนฮฝ* (painting) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚.”
7. “ฮ— ฮฌฯƒฮบฮทฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน *ฮฟ ฯฯ€ฮฝฮฟฯ‚* (sleep) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯƒฮทฮผฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮฏฮฑ.”
8. “ฮŒฮปฮฟฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮผฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮฟฯฮฝ ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฝฮนฯƒฮผฮฑ* (smoking) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮตฯ€ฮนฮฒฮปฮฑฮฒฮญฯ‚.”
9. “ฮ— ฮ•ฯฮฑ ฮฑฮณฮฑฯ€ฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ„ฯฮฑฮณฮฟฯฮดฮน* (singing) ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฯƒฯƒฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮฟ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯŒฮปฮฑ.”
10. “ฮฃฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ„ฯฮญฮพฮนฮผฮฟ* (running) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯƒฮทฮผฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฮฝฮฑ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮปฮฌ ฯ€ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯฯ„ฯƒฮนฮฑ.”
11. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮณฮญฮปฮนฮฟ* (laughing) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮท ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮท ฮธฮตฯฮฑฯ€ฮตฮฏฮฑ.”
12. “ฮœฮตฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟ *ฯ†ฮฌฮณฮตฮนฮฝ* (eating), ฯ€ฮฌฮผฮต ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฏฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮฟ.”
13. “ฮคฮฟ *ฮบฮฟฮปฯฮผฯ€ฮน* (swimming) ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮปฯŒ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฮฑฯฮดฮนฮฌ.”
14. “ฮŸ ฯ€ฮฑฯ€ฯ€ฮฟฯฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮทฮธฮฏฮถฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮบฯ…ฮฝฮฎฮณฮน* (hunting).”
15. “ฮ— ฮฮฏฮฑ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฯƒฯ‡ฮฟฮปฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮท ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ *ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ* (studying).”

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