Nouns Flashcards
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What are Cases in Greek?
In English order is used to let you know which one is the subject and object. In Greek cases and inflections are used to do that.
The cases are: nominative , genitive, accusative, dative and vocative
What’s the nominative case?
The nomative case is what’s known to us as the subject in English.
I ate the apple
I is the nomative case because it’s the subject that performs the action.
What’s the genitive case?
The genetive case is the possessive case. It let you know that something belongs to someone.
The book of the teacher
Teacher is genetive case here.
What’s the accusative case?
The accusative case is the object of the verb.
The man eat the apple.
The apple is the accusative case here because the verb perform the action on it.
What’s the dative case?
Dative case represent the indirect object
He gave gifts men
What’s the vocative case?
Vocative represents the person or thing addresss
James!
καί
(“and”). καί is the basic or “unmarked” means of conjoining sentences and implies continuity with the preceding context
δέ
(“now,” “but”). δέ marks the introduction of a new and significant development in the story or argument.
ἀλλά
(“but”). ἀλλά marks a contrast between sentences and bears more semantic weight than either δέ or καί.
What’s the case for noun that ends with ος?
ἄνθρωπος a man
Nominative masculine singular
What’s the case for noun that ends with ου?
ἀνθρώπου—> of a man
Genitive masculine singular
δῶρου—> of a gift
Genitive neuter singular
What’s the case for noun that ends with ῳ?
ἀνθρώπῳ —> to a man
Dative masculine Singular
δῶρῳ—> to a gift
dative neuter singular
What’s the case for noun that ends with ον?
ἄνθρωπον —> a man
Accusative masculine singular
δῶρον—> to a gift
Accusative neuter singular
δῶρον—> gift
vocative neuter singular
δῶρον—> a gift
Normative neuter singular
What’s the case for noun that ends with ε?
ἄνθρωπε —> man
Vocative masculine singular
What’s the case for noun that ends with οι?
ἄνθρωποι —> men
N or V masculine plural
What’s the case for noun that ends with ων?
δῶρων—> of gifts || Genitive neuter plural
ἀνθρώπων —> of men || Genitive masculine plural
What’s the case for noun that ends with οις?
δῶρις—> to gifts || Dative neuter Plural
ἀνθρώποις —> to men || Dative Masculine plural
What’s the case for noun that ends with α?
δῶρα—> gifts || N.V neuter plural
What’s the case for noun that ends with ους?
ἀνθρώπους —> men || Accusative Masculine plural