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κανεις
you do / you make /ˈka.nis/
verbA2#887 most common
Also: you make, you are doing, how are you? (in the greeting Τι κάνεις;)
Example sentences
Τι κάνεις;
How are you? (lit. What are you doing?)
Τι κάνεις τώρα;
What are you doing now?
Κάνεις πολλά λάθη όταν γράφεις γρήγορα.
You make a lot of mistakes when you write quickly.
Τι δουλειά κάνεις;
What work do you do? (What do you do for a living?)
Αν κάνεις λίγη υπομονή, όλα θα πάνε καλά.
If you are a little patient, everything will turn out fine.
Μην κάνεις πως δεν καταλαβαίνεις· ξέρεις πολύ καλά τι εννοώ.
Don't pretend you don't understand; you know very well what I mean.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | κάνω | έκανα | θα κάνω |
| 2sg | κάνεις | έκανες | θα κάνεις |
| 3sg | κάνει | έκανε | θα κάνει |
| 1pl | κάνουμε | κάναμε | θα κάνουμε |
| 2pl | κάνετε | κάνατε | θα κάνετε |
| 3pl | κάνουν | έκαναν | θα κάνουν |
Word family
κάνωI do, I make
ξανακάνωto do again, redo
κάμνωto toil, work (older form)
κάματοςtoil, fatigue
ακάματοςtireless
Etymology
Modern Greek κάνω, whose 2nd-person singular is κάνεις, descends from Ancient Greek κάμνω 'to work, toil, grow weary'. The meaning broadened from 'labor at' to the general 'do, make', and the cluster simplified (κάμνω → κάνω). It is today the most all-purpose 'do/make' verb in the language.
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