Εἰμί

εἰμί (eimi)

Gloss: verb to be, am, is, was

Principal Parts: εἰμί, ἔσομαι, -, -, -, -

Strong's 1488

GK 1639

Frequency 2462

Future Middle Indicative
The future of εἰμί is in the middle voice

Tips:
 * The tense formative σ, σο is visible thoughout the future paradigm
 * The 1P plural usually has a -μεν or μεν somewhere. Think Spanish estamos.
 * The 2P plural typically has a -τε or -θε (like French)
 * The 3P forms in all tenses typically have a -ν somewhere, even if only a movable ν. Think Spanish estan.
 * Nice if the 2P singular forms would end in -ς. Then it would really be like Spanish or French. Well they don't!
 * Secondary endings are visible (kind of) in the imperfect. And of course they all start with ἤ - sign of an augment leading to lengthened vowel.