Lesson 1
Identify this Greek letter: θ
theta (1.1)
(In parsing order) What characteristics of a Greek verb have we learned?
Tense, Voice, Mood, Person, Number, Lexical Form (2.10)
List the five types of Greek noun cases.
Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative (3.17)
What is an example of a post-positive word in Greek?
δέ, γάρ (4.22)
What are the three types of adjectives?
Attributive, Predicate, Substantive (5.30)
What does the symbol over the beginning vowel imply?
ἅγιος or (
This is a rough breathing mark. It adds a "h" sound to the front of the word. (1.3)
Parse/translate this word:
θέλω
θέλω = "I wish, want, desire" (p.a.ind.1s,lex. θέλω) (2.9)
How do we know if a feminine noun follows the "pure alpha" type paradigm? (Hint: "Old Macdonald!")
If an epsilon, iota, or rho precedes the alpha, it will follow the "pure alpha" paradigm. (3.18)
Parse/Translate this word: ἐργῷ
ἐργῷ = neuter-singular-dative form of ἐργον, το, meaning "work" (4.24)
Name the cases for these definite articles:
1. ἡ 2. τῷ 3. τοὺς
1. fem. sing. nom. 2. masc/neut. sing. dat.
3. masc. plural acc. (5.28)
Identify these three accents used in Greek:
1. ` 2. ~ 3. ´
1. Accent grave
2. Accent circumflex
3 Accent acute
(1.5)
Parse/Translate this word:
διδάσκουσιν
διδάσκουσιν = "They teach" (p.a.ind.3p, lex.διδάσκω) (2.11)
What is the feminine-plural-dative form of ὥρα?
ὥραις (3.18)
What is the masculine-singular-accusative form of θάνατος?
θάνατον (4.24)
Parse/Translate this adjectival phrase: καλός ὁ κύριος
"the Lord is good"
Only one definite article in front of the noun = predicative (add a "being" verb) (5.30)
What letter is this, and what sound does it make? ψ
The letter is psi, and it makes a "ps" sound.
List all present-active-indicative and infinitive forms of λύω:
λύω, λύεις, λύει, λύομεν, λύετε, λύουσι(ν), λύειν (2.11)
Parse/Translate this sentence: Οὐ ἔχω βασιλείαν γῆς.
(neg.) (p.a.ind. 1s) (fem. sing. acc.) (fem. sing. gen.) "I do not have a kingdom of earth (land, dirt)."
Parse/Translate this phrase: οἶκος ἀληθείας καὶ νόμος δόξης
(masc. sing. nom.) (fem. sing. gen.) (conj.) (masc. sing. nom.) (fem. sing. gen.) "a house of truth and a law of glory/honor"
Parse/Translate this sentence: Οἱ αδελφοί οἱ πονηροί οὐ λαμβάνουσι τήν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
(masc. plural nom.)(masc. plural nom.)(neg.)(p.a.ind.3pl)(fem.sing.acc.)(masc.sing.gen.) "The wicked brothers are not receiving the truth of God."
Define and list all proper diphthongs!
αι, ει, οι, υι, αυ, ευ, ου, ηυ (1.3)
Parse/Translate this sentence: Γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἀκούει καί βλέπει ἀδελφός.
(p.a.ind.1p)(conj.)(p.a.ind.3s)(conj.)(p.a.ind.3s)(masc.sing.nom) "We know that a brother hears and sees."
Translate this sentence: θέλουσιν ἀκούειν φωνὴν θαλάσσης;
(p.a.ind.3p)(p.a.inf.)(fem.sing.acc.)(fem.sing.gen.)"Do they want to hear a sound of a sea?"
Translate this sentence: Οὐκ ἔχει υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου οἶκον, ἔχει δὲ λόγον ζωῆς
(neg.)(p.a.ind.3s)(masc.sing.nom.)(masc.sing.gen.)(masc.sing.acc.)(p.a.ind.3s)(postp.)(masc.sing.acc.)(fem.sing.gen.) "A son of man does not have a house, but he has a word of life."
List the masculine singular endings we refer to when we use the "2-1-2" declension for adjectives.
-ος, -ου, -ῳ, -ον, -ε (5.28)