GREEK BASICS Flashcards
First person(s) is…
The person(s) speaking
Second person(s) is…
the person(s) being spoken to
Third person(s) is…
the person(s) being spoken of or about
Each grammatical person 1st 2nd and 3rd can be referred to as either…
Singular or Plural in Number.
Example (singular) I am persuaded.
Example (plural) WE are his workmanship.
ACTIVE voice indicates…
that the subject is the performer of the action of the verb.
PASSIVE voice indicates…
That the subject is the recipient of the action of the verb.
MIDDLE voice indicates…
The subject is performing the action of the verb in his own interest or on his own behalf.
Example: I am washing myself.
I is the subject of the sentence performing the action of the verb.
MOOD
INDICATIVE mood indicates…
A statement of fact or an actual occurrence from the writer’s or speaker’s perspective.
*The only move conceived of as actual.
EXAMPLE: God is not mocked.
MOOD
IMPERATIVE mood indicates…
A statement of command or instruction given to the hair, charging to hearer to carry out or perform a certain action.
EXAMPLE: Flee youthful lusts.
MOOD
SUBJUNCTIVE mood indicates…
A statement of probability or objective possibility. The action of the verb will possibly happen, contingently take place depending on certain objective factors or circumstances. 
 often times it is used in conditional statements (i.e. if… Then… )clauses.
EXAMPLE: let us come forward to the Holy of Holies with a true heart in full assurance of faith”
MOOD
OPTATIVE mood indicates…
A statement of possibility even further removed than the subjunctive mood. Often used to convey a wish I hope for a certain action to occur.
EXAMPLE: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless under the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
VERBAL TENSES
PRESENT TENSE indicates…
a continuous kind of action. It shows action in progress or a state of persistence. When used in the indicative mode, the present tense denotes action taking place or going on in the present time.
TENSE mainly refers to…
The kind of action that the verb portrays.
AORIST TENSE indicates…
A simple occurrence or summary occurrence. Without regard for the amount of time taken to accomplish this action. This tent is also referred to as the punctiliar Tense.
Punctiliar Refers to…
A Viewed as a single, collective whore, a one-point-in- time action, though it may actually take place over a period of time.
