Lesson 4 | The Greek Article and Pronouns

Review

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True or False: The article cannot change its gender.
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True or False: The article can turn other parts of speech into a noun.
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True or False: The relative pronoun matches the noun it describes in gender and number.
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True or False: The case of the relative pronoun depends on its role in the relative clause.
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Parse and Translate: σε
Genitive, masculine, singular from σύ, meaning "your (singular)"
Accusative, 2nd person, singular from σύ, meaning "you (singular)"
Genitive, 2nd person, singular from σύ, meaning "your (singular)"
Accusative, masculine, singular from σύ, meaning "you (singular)"
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Parse and Translate: αὐτήν
Nominative, feminine, singular from αὐτός, meaning "she"
Accusative, feminine, singular from αὐτός, meaning "she"
Accusative, feminine, singular from αὐτός, meaning "her"
Accusative, feminine, singular from οὗτος, meaning "this (fs)"
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Parse and Translate: αὕτη
Nominative, feminine, singular from οὗτος, meaning "this (fs)"
Nominative, feminine, singular from ἐκεῖνος, meaning "that (fs)"
Nominative, feminine, singular from αὐτός, meaning "her"
Nominative, feminine, singular from αὐτός, meaning "she"
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Parse and Translate: ἥ
Nominative, 2nd person, singular from σύ, meaning "you"
Nominative, feminine, singular from οὗτος, meaning "this (fs)"
Nominative, feminine, singular from ὁ, meaning "the (fs)"
Nominative, feminine, singular from ὅς, meaning "who (fs)"
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Parse and Translate: ὑμεῖς
Nominative, 1st person, plural from ἐγώ, meaning "we"
Accusative, 1st person, plural from ἐγώ, meaning "us"
Nominative, 2nd person, plural from σύ, meaning "you (pl)"
Accusative, 2nd person, plural from σύ, meaning "you (pl)"
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Parse and Translate: τούς
Accusative, neuter, plural from ὅς (the relative pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural from ὁ (the article)
Accusative, masculine, plural from ὅς (the relative pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, plural from ὁ (the article)
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Review
Let’s review what we learned in this lesson.
The Article
Can turn other parts of speech into a noun
Changes case, gender, and number to match the noun it describes
Is difficult to translate into English but “the” often works
How to parse and translate several Greek pronouns
The Relative Pronoun
Can either describe a noun further or stand in for a noun
The gender and number of the relative pronoun match the noun it describes
The case of the relative pronoun depends on its role in the relative clause
The Demonstrative Pronouns
Near (οὗτος/this) and far (ἐκεῖνος/that) demonstratives
Can either serve as pronouns that stand in for a noun or adjectives that describe nouns
Translate in a way that reflects the pronoun’s case, gender, and number
The Personal Pronouns
1st (ἐγώ/I), 2nd (σύ/you), and 3rd (αὐτός/he, she, or it) person
The 1st and 2nd person pronouns have number but not gender
            iii.  The 3rd person pronoun has both number and gender
            iv.  Translate in a way that reflects the pronoun’s case, gender, and number
3.  18 new Greek words
Lesson 4 Vocabulary
Word
Definition
γίνομαι
I am; I become (verb)
εἰ
if; when (connector)
εκεῖνος, εκεῖνη, εκεῖνο
that (far demonstrative pronoun)
ἔρχομαι
I come; I go (verb)
ἔχω
I have; I hold (verb)
Ἰωάννης, -ου, ὁ
John (noun - Name)
καθώς
just as; as (connector)
κατά (+ genitive)
down from; against (preposition)
κατά (+ accusative)
according to (preposition)
λαός, -οῦ, ὁ
people (noun)
λύω
I untie; I loose (verb)
μετά (+ genitive)
with (preposition)
μετά (+ accusative)
after (preposition)
ὁδός, -οῦ, ἡ
path; way; road (noun)
ὅς, ἥ, ὅ
who, which (relative pronoun)
οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο
this (near demonstrative pronoun)
Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ
Paul (noun-Name)
περί (+ genitive)
about (preposition)
περί (+ accusative)
around (preposition)
Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ
Peter (noun-Name)
ὡς
as; like; how (connector)
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