11: The Future Tense
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The Future Passive and The 6th Principal Part From the unified chart it is clear that the Future Passive is formed from the sixth Principal Part, to which are joined the same endings as are found in the Middle. Look again at the whole Paradigm below: Future Active Indicative
Future Middle Indicative
Future Passive Indicative
λύσω
“I will destroy”
λύσομαι
“I myself will destroy”
λυθήσομαι
“I will be destroyed”
λύσειςßß
“you will destroy”
λύσῃßß
“you yourself will destroy”
λυθήσῃ
“you will be destroyed”
λύσει
“he/she/it will destroy”
λύσεται
“he/she/it himself will destroy”
λυθήσεται
“he/she/it will be destroyed”
λύσομεν
“we will destroy”
λυσόμεθα
“we ourselves will destroy”
λυθησόμεθα
“we will be destroyed”
λύσετε
“y’all will destroy”
λύσεσθε
“y’all yourselves will destroy”
λυθήσεσθε
“y’all will be destroyed”
λύσουσι(ν)
“they will destroy”
λύσονται
“they themselves will destroy”
λυθήσονται
“they will be destroyed”
The obvious job that remains is grasping the formation of the sixth Principal Part. Only two Assembly Lines exist: Input
Sixth Principal Part Factory Assembly Line
Verb Root
Engineer?
Product
Machinery
A
add (θη) [usually]
B
add (η) [rarely]
Sixth Principal Part