A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek — John Shaqi
A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament GreekStearns, Wallace N. (Wallace Nelson)
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A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek
Stearns, Wallace N. (Wallace Nelson)
Bible. New Testament. Greek; Greek language, Biblical -- Readers
Sing. Dual Plural
(rare in
late Greek)
Mas. and Fem. Neut. Fem., Mas.,
and Neut. Mas. and Fem. Neut.
Nom. —ς, or – – —ε —ες —ᾰ
Gen. —ος —ος —οιν —ων —ων
Dat. —ι —ι —οιν —σι —σι
Acc. —ν, or —ᾰ – —ε —νς or —ᾰς —ᾰ
Voc. —ς, or — – —ε —ες —ᾰ
(1) Necessary here is the table of mutes and their forms when
combined with –s. (I, 3, 1.)
(2) All three genders occur in this declension.
(3) In gen. plural of monosyllabic nouns (as in —α— nouns)
the accent is —ῶν: in datives dual and plural of tones we
have —αῖν, —οῖν, —αῖς, and —οῖς. Bt. 76; Gl. 98; Gn. 225;
H.A. 132-3.
Examples—as in 1
θήρ (stem θερ–), σῶμα (–τος), πίναξ (–κος), σάλπιγξ (–γγος),
λαίλαψ (–πος), φλέψ (–βός), θρίξ (τριχός).
Translate and construe:
1. ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν.
2. ἡ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος ἐστίν (is).
3. καὶ ὁ λόγος σάρξ ἐγένετο (become).
4. ἦν πίναξ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ.
5. ἡ Ἀφροσύνη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Σφίγξ ἐστιν.
6. οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν.
6. These case-endings hold for all (except indeclinables which
undergo no changes) substantives, adjectives (including the
definite article), pronouns, and participles (see verbs).
E. g.:
Relative Pronouns Definite Article
Sing. Mas. Fem. Neut. Mas. Fem. Neut.
Nom. ὅς ἥ ὅ ὁ ἡ τό
Gen. οὗ ἧς οὗ τοῦ τῆς τοῦ
Dat. ᾧ ᾗ ᾧ τῷ τῇ τῷ
Acc. ὅν ἥν ὅ τόν τήν τό
etc. etc.
Bt. 144-9; Gl. 214; Gn. 421; H.A. 272-5.
The personal pronouns, as in other languages, are more irregular,
the several parts being traceable to different stems.
First Person, I Second Person, Thou
Sing. Plural Sing. Plural
Nom. ἐγώ ἡ-μεῖς σύ ὑ-μεῖς
Gen. ἐ-μοῦ ἡ-μῶν σοῦ ὑ-μῶν
Dat. ἐ-μοί ἡ-μῖν σοί ὑ-μῖν
Acc. ἐ-μέ ἡ-μᾶς σέ ὑ-μἀς
Bt. 139; Gl. 194; Gn. 389; H.A. 261.
Translate and construe:
1. ὁ προφήτης εἶ (art).
2. σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις (hast) καὶ ἐγὼ ἔργα.
3. ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος (one crying) ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
V. THE VERB: CONJUGATION
1. In the study of the verb four points are to be considered:
stem; tense-signs; theme vowels (short in indicative, imperative,
infinitive, and participial modes; long in the subjunctive and
merged in a diphthong in the optative); and personal endings.
2. The stem is the basic part of the inflected word. To this are
appending the various signs, as above, which in verb analysis must
again be cut off. E. g., τι-μά-ω, I honor, stem τῑμᾰ. Bt. 157-61;
Gl. 248; Gn. 404-7, 153; H.A. 153.
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