NT 500 Greek I Session 7

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NT 500Greek I- Session 7

• Using the texts of Dr. Bill Mounce

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Adjectives- Review

• There are three functions of the Greek adjective
• An attributive adjective
• A substantival adjective
• A predicate adjective

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Adjectives

• An attributive adjective attributes a qualityan
  attributeto the word it is modifying.
• These describe something

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Adjectives

• A substantival adjective functions as if it were
  a noun.
• It does not modify anything

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Adjectives

• A predicate adjective makes an assertion about
  the subject and the verb, to be.
• The to be verb can be either stated or implied.
  
• The adjective is not immediately preceded by the
  definite article

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Adjectives

• Adjectives must agree with the nouns that they
  modify in case, number, and gender.

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Adjectives

• Adjectives use the same
  case endings as the
  first and
  second declension nouns we have already learned.

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Adjectives

• The lexical form of adjectives is the nominative
  singular masculine, even if the adjective shows
  only the dative feminine form.

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2-2 Adjectives

• There are adjectives listed which list on two
  variants.
• The first is the masculine/feminine and the
  second is the neuter.
• The masculine and neuter are always the same
  declension
• Context will show whether adjective is used as
  masculine of feminine

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Neuter Plural Adjectives

• Neuter plural subjects often take a singular
  verb.
• This is used when the author is viewing the
  subject NOT as a plural subject but as a singular
  collection.

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3rd Declension

• 1st declension words have stem endings in alpha
  and eta
• 2nd declension nouns have stems ending in omicron
  
• 3rd declension nouns have stems ending in a
  consonant.

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3rd Declension - Function and meaning

• All Greek nouns, whether they are 1st, 2nd, or
  3rd declension, function the same

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3rd Declension - Hints

• It is often difficult to determine the stem of a
  3rd declension noun
• Memorize the genitive singular form with the
  lexical form
• Whatever happens in the nominative singular also
  happens in the dative plural

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3rd Declension - Hints

• A nu drops out when followed by a sigma.
• A tau drops out when followed by a sigma or if it
  is at the end of a word.
• Iotas can only subscript under a long vowel.

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3rd Declension Case Endings
3rd Declension Case Endings
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3rd Declension - Hints

• 3rd declension forms are categorized according to
  the last consonant of the words stem
• There are also words ending in mat and n.

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tivV / tiV

• tivV is the interrogative pronoun (e.g. who).
• tiV (no accent) is the indefinite pronoun (e.g.
  anyone.)

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tivV / tiV chart

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eiV

• eiV is an adjective meaning one

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One

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Master case ending chart

• Do not memorize the paradigms memorize the case
  endings and see how they appear when attached to
  a noun
• Gender- You must memorize the gender of every
  word.
• The article- makes it easy to determine the
  nouns gender.

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Master Case Endings
Case Endings
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Noun Rule 7- Square of Stops

• Labial- p, b, f
• Velar- k, g, x
• Dental- t, d, q

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Square of Stops s

• Labial s y
• Velar s x
• Dental s s

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Noun Rule 8

• A tau cannot stand at the end of a word and will
  drop off

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paV

• paV is a 3-1-3 type adjective
• Because paV is an adjective, it can function
  substantively.
• When it does, it may require the use of an
  additional word like people or things.
• Unlike other adjectives, paV is usually in the
  predicate position when modifying a noun.

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paV chart
paV chart
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Categories of adjectives

• The masculine and neuter always follow the same
  declension.
• 3-1-3 m3- f1- n3
• 2-1-2 m2- f1- n2
• 2-2 m2- f2- n2
• 3-3 m3- f3- n3

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Articles

• The article can be a weak demonstrative.
• demonstrative (that)
• relative (who)
• personal pronoun (he, one).

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Assignment

• Workbook-
• Complete Parsing section 1-10
• Complete warm-up section a-h
• Complete translation section 1-10
• Study Vocabulary 4-10
• Peruse ch. 11