# BBG Chapter 17 — Contract Verb Parsing Drill

For each contracted form: (1) give person and number, (2) give the lexical form (-αω/-εω/-οω), (3) identify the two vowels that contracted (e.g. "ε + ο"), and (4) translate. All forms are present active indicative. Click ▶ Answer to check.

# | Form | Person | Number | Lexical form | Vowels contracted | Translation |
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1 | ἀγαπῶ α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Sg · ἀγαπάω | α + ω → ω | "I love"
2 | ἀγαπᾷς α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Sg · ἀγαπάω | α + ει → ᾳ (subscript iota) | "You love"
3 | ἀγαπᾷ α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3rd · Sg · ἀγαπάω | α + ει → ᾷ | "He/she loves"
4 | ἀγαπῶμεν α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Pl · ἀγαπάω | α + ο → ω | "We love"
5 | ἀγαπᾶτε α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Pl · ἀγαπάω | α + ε → α (lengthened) | "You (pl.) love"
6 | ἀγαπῶσιν α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3rd · Pl · ἀγαπάω | α + ου → ω | "They love"
7 | ποιῶ ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Sg · ποιέω | ε + ω → ω | "I do / I make"
8 | ποιεῖς ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Sg · ποιέω | ε + ε → ει (spurious diphthong) | "You do / you make"
9 | ποιεῖ ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3rd · Sg · ποιέω | ε + ει → ει | "He/she does / makes"
10 | ποιοῦμεν ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Pl · ποιέω | ε + ο → ου | "We do / we make"
11 | ποιεῖτε ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Pl · ποιέω | ε + ε → ει | "You (pl.) do / make"
12 | ποιοῦσιν ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3rd · Pl · ποιέω | ε + ου → ου | "They do / they make"
13 | πληρῶ ο |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Sg · πληρόω | ο + ω → ω | "I fill / I fulfill"
14 | πληροῖς ο |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Sg · πληρόω | ο + ει → οι | "You fill"
15 | πληροῖ ο |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3rd · Sg · πληρόω | ο + ει → οι | "He/she fills / fulfills"
16 | πληροῦμεν ο |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Pl · πληρόω | ο + ο → ου | "We fill / we fulfill"
17 | πληροῦτε ο |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Pl · πληρόω | ο + ε → ου | "You (pl.) fill / fulfill"
18 | λαλεῖς ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Sg · λαλέω | ε + ε → ει | "You speak"
19 | ζητεῖτε ε |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2nd · Pl · ζητέω | ε + ε → ει | "You (pl.) seek" (Matt 6:33)
20 | τιμῶ α |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1st · Sg · τιμάω | α + ω → ω | "I honor"

Quick contraction reference: ε+ε=ει | ε+ο=ου | ε+ω=ω | α+ε=α | α+ο=ω | α+ει=ᾳ | ο+ε=ου | ο+ο=ου | ο+ει=οι