NOMINATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE ARTICLE

Question 1

NOMINATIVE (NOUN) CASE

Answer 1

The nominative case is the 🧰 (case) that the subject (noun or pronoun) is in.

Question 2

WHEN THE SUBJECT TAKES AN EQUATIVE VERB LIKE “IS” THEN ANOTHER NOUN APPEARS IN THE NOMINATIVE CASE. THIS IS CALLED THE

Answer 2

PREDICATE NOMINATIVE-

Ex. “John is a man”. “John”’is the subject and man is the predicate nominative.

Question 3

In English the subject and predicate nominative are distinguished

Answer 3

by word order.. the subject comes first.

🏛NOT SO WITH GREEK!

Question 4

Rather than for grammatical function Greek language uses word order for…

Answer 4

EMPHASIS.

Question 5

“JOHN” IS A MAN.

With Greek language, instead of placing the subject (JOHN) before the predicate nominative (MAN) if one of the two nouns has the article it is the…

Answer 5

SUBJECT

Question 6

APPROPRIATING SUBECT PLACEMENT

EX. …in Greek the text would be translated and as “God was the Word.”

How can we tell that “the Word” is the subject?

Answer 6

because it has the article, and we translate it accordingly: “and the Word was God.”

Question 7

2 PARTS TO A NOUN

ARE…

Answer 7

STEM

CASE ENDING

Question 8

STEM

Answer 8

CARRIES THE MEANING

Question 9

CASE ENDINGS

Answer 9

Enables words to perform different functions.

The function that a word performs will dictate what casing goes on to the end of the stem.

Question 10

As translators we look first at the

Answer 10

CASE ENDING ( determine what case it is) And determine what function the word is performing in the sentence.

Question 11

The sigma on the end of

Απόστολο(ς) let’s us know that the word is being used as a…

Answer 11

SUBJECT

Question 12

The Nu (ν) on the Αποστόλο(ν) 
Tells us that the is being used as a…

Answer 12

DIRECT OBJECT

Question 13

AS WELL AS FUNCTION THESE ALSO AFFECT THE CASE ENDING…

Answer 13

GENDER, NUMBER, DECLENSION

Question 14

CASE ENDING (PATTERNS)

If the word is MASCULINE the right case ending could be…

Answer 14

-ος MASCULINE

Question 15

CASE ENDING (PATTERNS)

If the word is FEMININE the right case ending could be…

Answer 15

-α/-η FEMININE

May not use any ending at all if feminine

Question 16

CASE ENDING (PATTERNS)

If the word is NEUTER the right case ending could be…

Answer 16

-ον

Question 17

Dash or — Meaning

Example (—)ος —ος

Answer 17

Dash is used to imply the presence of a word.

Ex- Άνθρωπ-ας

Question 18

NUMBERING’S AFFECT ON
THE CASE ENDING…

1. Απόστολος (ς)would indicate how many?
2. Απόστολοι (ι) would indicate how many?

Answer 18

1. Απόστολος (ς)would indicate singularity

2. Απόστολοι (ι) would indicate plurality

Question 19

DECLENSION’S AFFECTS ON CASE ENDING

Answer 19

ώρα

Question 20

DECLENSION’S AFFECTS ON A CASE ENDING

First declension noun

ώρα

Answer 20

In some situations may not have a case ending

Question 21

DECLENSION’S AFFECTS ON A CASE ENDING

Second declension noun

άπόστολος

Answer 21

Uses a sigma

Question 22

DECLENSION’S AFFECTS ON A CASE ENDING

Second Declension Neuter

έργον

Answer 22

Uses a Nu

Question 23

NOMINATIVE CASE IN GREEK

ROUGHLY COMPARABLE TO THE SUBJECTIVE IN ENGLISH - MEANING

Answer 23

If a word is serving as the subject of a verb, the writer will put it into the nominative case by adding the appropriate nominative case ending.

Question 24

In the Statement: (NOMINATIVE)

ό άπόστολος πέμρει
τόν άπόστολον.

“the apostle condemns the apostle”

Answer 24

ό άπόστολος πέμρει
τόν άπόστολον.

The noun απόστολος does not so much come before the verb πέμρει
It has more to do with the fact that απόστολο(ς)a nominative case ending which is being used to denote that is functioning as the subject of (πέμρει) the verb.

Appropriate accusative case ending (ς)

Question 25

ACCUSATIVE CASE IN GREEK

ROUGHLY COMPARABLE TO THE OBJECTIVE IN ENGLISH - MEANING

Answer 25

If a word is going to be the direct object (d.o) the writer will have put it into the ACCUSATIVE CASE.

Question 26

In the Statement: (ACCUSATIVE)

ό άπόστολος πέμρει
τόν άπόστολον.

“the apostle condemns the apostle”

Answer 26

ό άπόστολος πέμρει
τόν άπόστολο(ν)

Appropriate accusative case ending (ν)

Question 27

FIRST DECLENSION STEMS ARE STEMS ENDING IN…

Answer 27

Αα or Ηη

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