Lesson 22 (Paradigms and Grammar)

Question 1

What letters do the verb stems of liquid verbs end in?

Answer 1

λ, μ, ν, ρ

Question 2

What is significant about liquid verbs?

Answer 2

They will not accept the -σ tense formative of the future or the -σα tense formative of the first aorist.

Question 3

What happens to the endings of the future active and the future middle in liquid verbs?

Answer 3

The liquid future (stem ending in λ, μ, ν ,ρ) will not accept the -σ. As a result, an epsilon is added to the verb stem and contracts with the endings of the verb, resulting in a circumflex accent over the endings:

μενῶ
μενεῖς
μενεῖ

μενοῦμεν
μενεῖτε
μενοῦσιν

Question 4

What happens to the endings of the first aorist in liquid verbs?

Answer 4

Instead of adding -σα to the endings -α is added:

ἔμεινα
ἔμεινας
ἔμεινε(ν)

ἐμείναμεν
ἐμείνατε
ἔμειναν

Question 5

What is a reciprocal pronoun?

Answer 5

A pronoun where there is mutual interaction between a plural subject

Translated “one another, each other”

Question 6

In addition to expressing possession by the genitive case of a personal pronoun, how else can Greek express possession?

Answer 6

Possessive adjectives (ἐμός [my]; σός [your, singular]; ἡμέτερος [our]; ὑμέτερος [you all])