19: Present Participles

Question 1

κράζω

Answer 1

I shout, cry out

(irregular future: κράξω;

irregular aorist: έκραξα)

Question 2

φέρω

Answer 2

I bear, carry

(irregular future: οίσω,

irregular aorist: ήνεγκα)

Question 3

ἀρχή, ἡ

Answer 3

beginning

Question 4

ζωή, ἡ

Answer 4

life

Question 5

ἡμέρα, ἡ

Answer 5

day

Question 6

νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ

Answer 6

night

Question 7

οὐρανός, ὁ

Answer 7

heaven

Question 8

στόμα, στόματος, τό

Answer 8

mouth

Question 9

γραφή, ἡ

Answer 9

Scripture, writing

Question 10

ἐραυνάω

Answer 10

I search, examine

Question 11

θύρα, ἡ

Answer 11

door

Question 12

λύκος, ὁ

Answer 12

wolf

Question 13

μή

Answer 13

not

Question 14

ποιμήν, ποιμένος, ὁ

Answer 14

shepherd

Question 15

σημεῖον, τό

Answer 15

sign

Question 16

Recite Present Participle Masculine Paradigm

Answer 16

Question 17

Recite Present Participle Feminine Paradigm

Answer 17

Question 18

Recite Present Participle Neuter Paradigm

Answer 18

Question 19

Recite εἰμι Masculine Present Participle Paradigm

Answer 19

Question 20

Recite εἰμι Feminine Present Participle Paradigm

Answer 20

Question 21

Recite εἰμι Neuter Present Participle Paradigm

Answer 21

Question 22

What are participles?

Answer 22

Hybrid forms which share features of both verbs and adjectives.

Question 23

How do you parse participles?

Answer 23

Tense

Voice

Mood (Ptc replaces Indicative)

Gender

Case

Number

Question 24

How are Present Participles translated?

Answer 24

• In English: with the “-ing” suffix.
  (ex. “the living God”, “the watching world”)
• In Adjectival Use (Attributive and Substantive position): with English relative cause “who”
  (ex. ὁ ἀγαπων υἱός, “the son who loves” [attributive]

ὁ ἀγαπων, “the one who loves” [substantive])

• In Adverbial Use (Predicate Position): using “while”, “when” or “as”.
  (ex. ἀκούοντες δέ ταυτα διεπρίοντο, “And when they heard these things they became enraged”)

Question 25

What voices can Present Participles have?

Answer 25

They can also have active or middle/passive voice no mater if they are in adjectival or adverbial use.

Question 26

How is tense understood in Present Participles?

Answer 26

• In Adjectival Use, the event is generally occurring.
  (ex. ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην, “the one who practices righteousness” [at any point in time])
• In Adverbial Use, is contemporaneous with the time of the main verb.
  (ex. βλεπει (present) σχιζομένους τοὺς οὐρανους, “He sees the heavens as they are being open”)