Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

9: Active, Middle, Passive Voices
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The Forms of the Present Passive Indicative
of
What do passive forms of the verb look like in the Present Indicative?
Root
Connecting
Vowel
Personal
Ending
Present Active Indicative
Present Passive Indicative
“I am destroying…” μ “I am being destroyed…”
μ combine to form
μ combine to form μ
ßß “you are destroying…” ßß
“he/she/it is destroying”
“you are being
destroyed…”
“he/she/it is being
destroyed”
combine to form
combine to form (note the contraction)
combine to form
μ “we are destroying…” μ “we are being destroyed…”
“y’all are destroying” “y’all are being destroyed”
() “they are destroying…”
“they are being
destroyed…”
combine to form
μ combine to form μ
μ combine to form μ
combine to form
An Analysis of the Endings of the Present
Passive
From the forms above, you can see that the endings make the difference. Just switch
the endings from the active ones you have already learned ( μ
) to the passive ones (μ μ ), and the polarity of
action changes in the verb from active voice to passive voice. You also remember
that the active endings were composed of two elements: a variable connecting vowel
and a personal ending. (The omicron () is used before μ‘s and ‘s; the epsilon ()
elsewhere.) Passive endings are similar. Compare them:
combine to form
combine to form
combine to form