Chapter 6 - Notes

Question 1

What case is the subject in?

Answer 1

The nominative case.

Question 2

What is the predicate nominative?

Answer 2

When the subject takes an equative verb like “is” (i.e., a verb that equates the subject with something else), then another noun also appears in the nominative case.

Question 3

In Greek, if one of the two nouns in the nominative has an article, what does that indicate?

Answer 3

It is the subject.

Question 4

What is the case ending?

Answer 4

This is a suffix added to the end of the word.

Question 5

What happens if the word is functioning as the subject of the verb?

Answer 5

It takes a case ending that is equivalent to the subjective case in English.

Question 6

What happens if the word is functioning as the direct object of the verb?

Answer 6

It takes a case ending that is equivalent to the objective case in English.

Question 7

Does word order affect the function of a word in Greek?

Answer 7

No.

Question 8

What is the stem?

Answer 8

If you take the case ending off a noun, you are left with the stem. It is the stem of a noun that carries the actual meaning of the word.

Question 9

Do nouns only have one gender?

Answer 9

Yes. A noun has only one gender, and it never varies. Greek follows grammatical gender.

Question 10

True or False. Case endings do not indicate singular and plural.

Answer 10

False. The difference between the singular and plural is indicated by the case endings ς and ι.

Question 11

What are the 3 declension patterns?

Answer 11

1. Nouns that have a stem ending in an α or η are first declension, take first declension endings, and are primarily feminine (ὥρα, γραφή).
2. Nouns that have a stem ending in an ο are second declension, take second declension endings, and are mostly masculine or neuter (ἀπόστολος; ἔργον).
3. If the stem of a word ends in a consonant, it is third declension.

Question 12

What does the accusative case indicate?

Answer 12

If a word is the direct object of a verb, it will be in the accusative case.

Question 13

True or False? The only way to determine the subject or direct object of a Greek verb is by the case endings.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What form is the lexical form of a Greek noun in the lexicons?

Answer 14

Nominative singular

Question 15

True or false. When parsing a neuter word that could be nominative or accusative, it is best to pick one at random.

Answer 15

False. List both.

Question 16

What is an indeclinable word?

Answer 16

These are personal names and words borrowed from other languages. that do not change their form regardless of their meaning or function in the sentence

Question 17

True or false. There is an indefinite article in Greek.

Answer 17

False. “a” does not exist. The definite article is the only article in Greek.

Question 18

What is the postpositive?

Answer 18

A word that cannot be the first word in a Greek sentence or clause, even though it will usually be the first word in your translation.