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1-I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERFNT BETWEEN -"Θα με θυμηθείς" and "Θα με θυμάσαι" -"θα ζητήσεις" and "θα ζητάς" 2-can somebody translate this? γιατί απ' την ίδια μου ζωή σ' αγάπησα πιο πάνω" thank you very much and by the way i'm in lesson 93 if someone want to share with me i'll be gladd my e.mail is: oror10@walla.co.il i'd like also to write each other by massenger or i.c.q |
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1. Verbatim the difference is one of tense: You will remember me (once) vs you will be remembering me (you will remember me for a long time, for an indefinate amount of time) Same goes for the other example: You will ask (once) / you will be asking However, quite often "Θα θυμηθείς" is used a) when in a disagreement that cannot be solved one of the two want's to say sort of "the future will tell" or "you'll see" Example: Person A: "Don't go to this bar it's not a good one" Person B: " I'll go, I've heard nice things about it" Person A: " Καλά, θα με θυμηθείς" (Fine, you'll remember me) 2. For (because) from my own life, I loved you more (over, above verbatim) My MSN is elmiriel@hotmail.com but it's a matter of pure chance to catch me logged in  |
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Uri, This difference between "once" and "duration" goes to the heart of verb use in Greek and exists in the past tense (simple past vs. continuous past), future (simple future vs. continuous future), imperative (non-continuous vs. continuous) and subjunctive (non-continuous vs. continuous) This same distinction also is found in the passive voice, although not all verbs have passive forms. (Other than the present tense of stem-stressed passive-voice verbs, LGO does not present any other passive forms.) I'll use 2nd person sg. (εσύ) forms to illustrate this distinction between non-continuous and continuous. With a stem-stressed verb like διαβάζω, for example, you'd have 2nd sg.: past: διάβασες vs. διάβαζες future: θα διαβάσεις vs. θα διαβάζεις imperative: διάβασε vs. διάβαζε subjunctive: να διαβάσεις vs. να διαβάζεις With an end-stressed verb like ζητώ, the 2nd sg. would show: past: ζήτησες vs. ζητούσες future: θα ζητήσεις vs. θα ζητάς imperative: ζήτησε vs. ζήτα subjunctive: να ζητήσεις vs. να ζητάς With θυμάσαι (a middle/passive-voice-only verb), the 2nd sg. would be: past: θυμήθηκες vs. θυμόσουν(α) future: θα θυμηθείς vs. θα θυμάσαι imperative: θυμήσου (no continuous form) subjunctive: να θυμηθείς vs. να θυμάσαι Regards, Greg Brush [originally posted Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 10:00 PM] |
