Chapter 8 - Notes

Question 1

What is a preposition?

Answer 1

A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between two words.

Question 1

What is the object of the preposition?

Answer 1

The word that follows the preposition is called the object of the preposition. It is always in the objective case. The object will never be in the nominative.

Question 2

True or False. In Greek, the meaning of a preposition depends upon the case of its object.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False. A preposition is inflected.

Answer 3

The form of a preposition does not vary depending on its usage; it is not inflected.

Question 4

What is a dependent clause?

Answer 4

A dependent clause is a collection of words that cannot stand alone. Main subject and verb are never in the dependent clause.

Question 5

True or false. A verb does not agree with the subject in person and number.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What are enclitics?

Answer 6

Which means they push their accent back on the previous word.

Question 7

True or false. Greek regularly drops the article in a prepositional phrase.

Answer 7

True