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Nouns, Part 2, and Elementary Prepositons

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Homework Review – Greek to English

a) I am healing diseases.b) Words of an angel are saving men.c) A demon is abandoning children.d) He is sending bread (pl) to men.e) We are seeing signs.f) A slave is stealing money (pl) and

clothing (pl) for himself.

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Homework Review – Greek to English cont.

g) Apostles are writing good news to brothers.

h) A maiden is washing herself and hearing God’s words.

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Homework Review – English to Greek

a) qereqeuei nosouj.b) apostolos grafei logouj

qeou parqenw|.c) teknon tempousin

i9matia adelfou.d) daimonia agontai tekna.

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Parsing Practice

niptontai blepeij sw|zei a0kouh| khrussesqe

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Declension Practice

qew| ploion doulon a0rtwn teknwn

nosoij a0rguria

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First Declension – Feminine

Singular Plural

Nominative -a -aiGenative -aj -wnDative -a| -aij

Accusative -an -aj

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First Declension – Feminine, cont.

Singular Plural

Nominative -h -aiGenative -hj -wnDative -h| -aij

Accusative -hn -aj

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First Declension – Feminine, cont.

Singular Plural

Nominative -a -aiGenative -hj -wnDative -h| -aij

Accusative -an -aj

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First Declension – Masculine, cont.

Singular Plural

Nominative -hj -aiGenative -ou -wnDative -h| -aij

Accusative -hn -aj

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First Declension examples

Read from the text

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Prepositions Clarifies an idea already in the case

legw proj tou anqrwpon Prepositions function to aid the cases Sometimes they are combined with

other words: diablepw = I see through

epiginowsij = full knowledge

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Prepositions cont.

The governed noun is not always in the accusative case (as English is)

The case varies by preposition So in addition to learning the meaning

of a preposition, you must learn which case it requires

However, as basic pattern emerges…

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Prepositions & Case

Genative used with ideas of source

(e0k) or separation (a0po/) Dative for location (e0n) Accusative for motion toward

(pro/s) or into (ei0j)

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Preposition Examples

qeoj pempei touj aggelouj ei0j ploion

God is sending angels into a boat

anqrwpoi khrussousi eu0ggelion sun aggeloij

Men are proclaiming Gospel with (in the company of) angels

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Homework

Memorize the vocabulary Memorize the First Declension noun

endings Do the translation work Bible translation: 1 Cor. 13:13a