# γίνομαι/ginomai
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 

* This word can mean to exist or to be.

* This word can mean to happen or to take place. When used in this way, it is used to talk about something new happening.

* This word can mean to become something or come to be something.

* This word can mean to be at a new place or location.

* This word can mean to have something or to belong to something or someone.

* This word can mean to be or prove to be.


**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.