41.1 You have already learned two moods of Greek verbs: the INDICATIVE and INFINITIVE. This lesson presents one more mood: the IMPERATIVE.
The imperative mood conveys a COMMAND for someone to perform the action of the verb. The imperative mood exists in all voices, but occurs in only TWO TENSES:
- present
- aorist
The tenses of the imperative mood indicate ASPECT:
- present: ongoing aspect
- λάμβανε Hold on!
- aorist: simple/unmarked aspect
- λαβέ Get it!