Understanding Demonstrative Pronouns in Greek

1. NT 511Greek I Dr. Samuel Lamerson slamerson@knoxseminary.edu www.drsamlam.com

2. THIS and THAT

3. Chapter 13 • Demonstrative Pronouns • Characteristics of ou-toj and evkei/noj • 13.4-5 Form • 2-1-2 pattern (p.85) • Note Nom/Acc sg. neuter on both, analogous to auvto,

4. For ou-toj, • Compare with the art: • No ‘ t’ in nom sg and pl, masc and fem • Looking at the last letters, the ‘article’ is contained in the word. • Nom Masc and Fem always have rough breathing

5. Uses of the Demonstrative • 13.7 Pronoun • Case determined by use in sentence • Number and gender by antecedent • ‘Isolated’ position, i.e., nothing to modify (substantival) • au[th gra,fei th.n avlh,qeian • Sometimes like a personal pronoun (p.110, 13.9)

6. Uses (Continued) • 13.8 Adjective • Translated attributively but in predicate position • Usually with the article, though never translated • tou,to to. sw/ma to. sw/ma tou,to • 13.9 Personal Pronoun -Fairly rare and determined by context

7. THE VOCATIVE • 13.10 Vocative • Fifth and final case, “direct address” • In plural, identical to nom, • 1st Decl, vocative = nominative • 2nd Decl, vocative singular is e, 3rd Decl, usually ablaut • Context is the clue: avdelfoi,( gra,fw u`mi/n

8. Degrees of An Adjective • 13.11 An Adjective can have 3 degrees • Positive- uncompared “large • Comparative- greater of the two “larger” • Superlative- greatest of all “largest”

9. 13.12 Crasis is when two words have a horrible traffic accident and are impossible to separate. kai and egw become kagw See page 338 for a list of all the forms in the NT • 13.13- Learn to recognize Polu,j

10. Over the Break • Review Every Vocabulary Word Through Chapter 13-Big Quiz on Return • Practice Reading Sentences From Chapters Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen • Be Able to Parse All Of the Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives in These Sentences • Be Able to Write Out: The Article; The Chart on Page 82 (1st, 2nd, and 3rd decl.)