Grammar of Greek 1, Lesson 3
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| What happens to the greek letter sigma when it comes at the end of a word? | It changes from σ to ς. | |
| What is a iota subscript? | A iota that is placed under a vowel (e.g., ῃ ᾀ ᾠ). | |
| A iota subscript in a noun always means ______________. | Dative singular. | |
| What is inflection? | Inflection is the variation or change which words undergo to indicate changes in case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person mood, voice, etc. | |
| What is the difference between verb tense in English and Greek? | In English, tense tells you the time of the action represented by the verb. In Greek, tense tells you both time and aspect. | |
| What is a verb's aspect? | A verb's aspect is what kind of action is being performed. | |
| What are the three general categories of verb aspect? | Internal, external, and perfect. | |
| What does external aspect refer to? | External refers to an action as a whole. Some would call it "snapshot" action. Mounce calls it "completed". | |
| What does internal aspect refer to? | Internal refers to action as ongoing, continuous, repeated, or habitual. Mounce call this " continuous aspect". | |
| What does perfect aspect refer to? | Perfect aspect refers to any verb tense that speaks of the present consequences of past action. Wallace calls this perfective-stative. | |
| What is case? | In grammar, the case of a noun or pronoun indicates its grammatical function in a phrase or clause; such as the role of subject, of direct object, or of possessor. | |
| What are the four main cases in Greek? | Nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative. | |
| Parse λυω | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, first person, singular, meaning "I loose/am loosing" | |
| Parse λυεις | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, second person, singular, meaning "you loose/are loosing" | |
| Parse λυει | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, third person, singular, meaning "he/she/it looses/is loosing" | |
| Parse λυομεν | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, first person, plural, meaning "we loose/are loosing" | |
| Parse λυετε | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, second person, plural, meaning "you (all) loose/are loosing" | |
| Parse λυουσιν | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, third person, plural, meaning "they loose/are loosing" | |
| Parse πιστευω | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, first person, singular, meaning "I believe/am believing" | |
| Parse πιστευεις | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, second person, singular, meaning "you believe/are believing" | |
| Parse πιστευει | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, third person, singular, meaning "he/she/it believes/is believes" | |
| Parse πιστευομεν | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, first person, plural, meaning "we believe/are believing" | |
| Parse πιστευετε | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, second person, plural, meaning "you (all) believe/are believing" | |
| Parse πιστευουσι(ν) | present tense, active voice, indicative mood, third person, plural, meaning "they believe/are believing" | |
| What time/aspect does the Greek imperfect tense describe? | Internal aspect and past time. | |
| What time/aspect does the Greek future tense describe? | External aspect and future time. | |
| What time/aspect does the Greek aorist tense describe? | External aspect and past time. | |
| What time/aspect does the Greek perfect tense describe? | Perfect aspect and past time (with present results). | |
| What time/aspect does the Greek present tense describe? | Internal aspect and present time. |
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