Greek Verb "to go bad" + expressions

The Greek verb “to become bad” might not seem very useful, but you actually hear it a lot in Greek. This is, because this verb is used also in various expression.
But let’s start to learn the verb and conjugate it.
When you learn a language, you will soon understand that you need to learn verbs, in order to make sentences.

The Greek verb “χαλάω”

This is an interesting Greek verb that we use either in its literal or its metaphorical meaning
“Χαλάω” means to “go bad” or to “break down”. Here below we will learn how to conjugate it and how to use it in everyday expressions.

Watch the video below and listen to teacher Eva. She teaches you how to conjugate the verb “χαλάω” and the correct pronunciation in Greek.

A little bit of Greek grammar:

In the present tense the verb is conjugated like the verbs ending in –άω. So what you have tο do is to add the following endings to the stem “χαλ-”: -άω, -άς, -άει, -άμε, -άτε, -άνε.

In the future and past tenses, the stem is “χαλάσ-”. It is a regular verb, so it has the regular endings of future and past tenses.

Here below you can see how the verb is conjugated:

	Present	Future Simple	Simple Past
εγώ	χαλάω	θα χαλάσω	χάλασα
εσύ	χαλάς	θα χαλάσεις	χάλασες
αυτός, αυτή, αυτό	χαλάει	θα χάλασει	χάλασε
εμείς	χαλάμε	θα χαλάσουμε	χαλάσαμε
εσείς	χαλάτε	θα χαλάσετε	χαλάσατε
αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά	χαλάνε	θα χαλάσουν(ε)	χάλασαν/ χαλάσανε

Most students will use the verb χαλάω mainly in the present and simple past tense, but more advanced students can also have a look at the other tenses.

Present	χαλάω
Past Continuous	χαλούσα
Past Simple	χάλασα
Future Simple	θα χαλάσω
Future Continuous	θα χαλάω
Present Perfect	έχω χαλάσει
Past Perfect	είχα χαλάσει
Future Perfect	θα έχω χαλάσει