Basic Greek grammar

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What does the nominative form represent?

The subject of the sentence

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What does the accusative form represent?

The object of the sentence

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When is the vocative form used?

To address someone or something

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When is the genitive form used?

In the case of possession, separation and origin.

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When is the dative case used?

For the indirect object, used as ‘to’ or ‘for’

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What does a rough breathing look like?

‘ — a little c above the letter

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What does a smooth breathing look like?

‘ — a backwards c above the letter

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Where do prepositions fall with regard to word order?

Directly before the accusative.

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How do you use the verb ‘to be’?

it gives information about the nominative.

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What is the infinitive?

The conceptual mood in Greek

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How do you write the infinitive?

Take the present indicative, remove the omega and add -ειν to the stem.

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What is the imperative?

The commanding mood in Greek.

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How do you write the imperative?

Take the stem of the present indicative and add -ε for 2nd person sing. and -ετε for 2nd person plur.

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What is ‘embedding’ (sandwiching)?

when you ‘embed’ a descriptor/adjective between the article and the noun, for example ‘the good man’ (´ο 'αγαθος ´ανθροπος)

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What is the difference between the attributive and predicative positions?

attributive — when the adjective directly precedes the noun or comes after the noun with its own article.

predicative — when the adjective appears in conjunction with the verb ‘to be’

e.g. ‘the good man’ vs ‘the man is good’

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How do you write the imperfect indicative tense?

prefix + stem + endings

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