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Make sure you memorize the irregular forms of the future presented by Croy in section 79.
There is a common phenomenon in Greek called "suppletion," which means that the principal parts of a verb are actually combinations of unrelated verb stems. This happens in English too, with a verb like "go-went." Just as in English, some of the most common verbs in the language combine entirely different verbs in their principal parts.
Present |
Future |
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| βλέπω | ὄψομαι |
(sometimes βλέψω is used) |
| λέγω | ἐρῶ |
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| ἐσθίω | φαγόμαι |
(this verb takes middle endings in the future) |
| φέρω | οἴσω |
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| διέρχομαι | διελεύσομαι |
(deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
| ἐξέρχομαι | ἐξελεύσομαι | (deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
| ἔρχομαι | ἐλεύσομαι |
(deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
| ἀπέρχομαι | ἀπελεύσομαι | (deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
| προσέρχομαι | προσελεύσομαι | (deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
Other forms simply need to be memorized. Usually these are variations on the patterns given above, with some odd or irregular feature in the present or future stem:
Present |
Future |
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| διδάσκω | διδάξω | (note the unusual form of the present tense) |
| γινώσκω | γνώσομαι | (this verb takes middle endings in the future) |
| λαμβάνω | λήμψομαι |
(this verb takes middle endings in the future) |
| κηρύσσω | κηρύξω |
(note the unusual form of the present tense) |
| εὑρίσκω | εὑρήσω | |
| γίνομαι | γενήσομαι | (deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
| δύναμαι | δυνήσομαι | (deponent verb - middle forms in both present and future) |
As you can see, there are quite a number of verbs which take middle forms in the future. Deponent verbs take middle forms only both in the present and in the future, but these verbs are unusual in that they take active forms in the present, and middle forms in the future. These verbs have been included in the other charts already, but here is a chart summarizing all the verbs which have these middle futures:
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