Grammar rules CH1-5

Question 1

Adjectives must agree with the noun they are paired with but…

Answer 1

Some adjectives are neither masc nor fem but take whatever the noun is

Question 2

Predicative vs Attributive adjectives?

Answer 2

delete the adjective and if it still makes sense, its attributive. Predicative adjs are never straight after an article

Question 3

Using an adjective as a noun is called?

Answer 3

Substantive

Question 4

Special uses of εἰμι?

Answer 4

At the start of a sentence it means ‘there is’ or ‘they are’ even though it normally means ‘he, she, it is’.

Question 5

Compliments as nouns?

Answer 5

Subject comes before compliment OR the article is dropped from the compliment

Question 6

Instruments and agents?

Answer 6

Instruments are inanimate objects normally occurring in the dative. Agents are living beings.

Question 7

οὐκ? ἐκ?

Answer 7

Before a noun with a smooth breathing this becomes οὐχ, and ἐξ.

Question 8

Prepositions?

Answer 8

Many prepositions that end in a vowel drop it when the following words begins with a vowel.

Question 9

Plural neuter nouns?

Answer 9

Take a singular verb

Question 10

Genitive case is like ___ in English

Answer 10

‘of’ OR adding ‘s

Question 11

Dative—

Answer 11

to—

Question 12

Every greek vowel at the beginning of a sentence MUST have a ____ as well as the letter __

Answer 12

a breathing, if ρ is at the beginning of a sentence it must have a rough breathing

Question 13

εἰ either means…

Answer 13

‘You are’ OR ‘if’. You can tell the difference because if εἰ has a circumflex it is ‘You are’