Genitive and Dative Nouns Introduction to Greek By Stephen Curto For Intro to Greek Sept 18, 2016
Outline Review Vocabulary Genitive Case Dative Case The Five Cases The Full Paradigm Noun Translation Hints
Review Stem: usually the first few letters of the lexical form. E.g. γραφή γραφ- Case ending: The part the changes to tell you case and number. E.g. γραφή -ή Nominative (The Subject Case) Accusative (the Object Case)
Ἰησους (hit) τον ἀνθρωπον. = τον ἀνθρωπον (hit) Ἰησους. Review In English, cases are largely based on word order. “Jesus hit the man.” ≠ “The man hit Jesus.” subj obj subj obj Because of inflection, word order doesn’t matter in Greek. The subject stays the subject wherever it is in the sentence. ^Both sentences mean “Jesus hit the man.”^ Ἰησους (hit) τον ἀνθρωπον. = τον ἀνθρωπον (hit) Ἰησους. subj (nom) obj (acc) obj (acc) subj (nom)
Review Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing λόγος γραφή ἔργον Gen Sing - Dat Sing Acc Sing λόγον γραφήν Declension 2 1 Nom Plur λόγοι γραφαί ἔργα Gen Plur Dat Plur Acc Plur λόγους γραφάς
Review Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing ὁ ἡ τό Gen Sing τοῦ τῆς Dat Sing τῷ τῇ Acc Sing τόν τήν Declension 2 1 Nom Plur οἱ αἱ τά Gen Plur τῶν Dat Plur τοῖς ταῖς Acc Plur τούς τάς
Review Homework Exercise 6
Vocabulary Parsing: Telling about the word in question (Case, Number, Gender, English translation, Lexical form) e.g. γραφαί - Nominative, Plural, Feminine meaning they write from γραφή
Genitive Case Case indicating “of-ness” or “from-ness” Case indicating possession Usual translations: “of _____” or “_____’s” e.g. James son of Zebedee. Ἰάκοβος τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου. lit. Eng. James of Zebedee. e.g. Matt 1
Genitive Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing ος η ον Gen Sing ου ης Dat Sing - Acc Sing ην Declension 2 1 Nom Plur οι αι α Gen Plur ων Dat Plur Acc Plur ους ας
Genitive Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing λόγος γραφή ἔργον Gen Sing λόγου γραφής ἔργου Dat Sing - Acc Sing λόγον γραφήν Declension 2 1 Nom Plur λόγοι γραφαί ἔργα Gen Plur λόγων γραφῶν ἔργων Dat Plur Acc Plur λόγους γραφάς
Dative Case The case of “to-ness” “with-ness” or “in-ness” The case of Indirect object. ***Microscope*** Accusative = Direct Object Dative = Indirect Object e.g. Jesus gave him living water. e.g. Jesus gave him to the living water.
Dative Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing ος η ον Gen Sing ου ης Dat Sing ῳ ῃ Acc Sing ην Declension 2 1 Nom Plur οι αι α Gen Plur ων Dat Plur οις αις Acc Plur ους ας
Dative Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing λόγος γραφή ἔργον Gen Sing λόγου γραφής ἔργου Dat Sing λόγῳ γραφῇ ἔργῳ Acc Sing λόγον γραφήν Declension 2 1 Nom Plur λόγοι γραφαί ἔργα Gen Plur λόγων γραφῶν ἔργων Dat Plur λόγοις γραφαῖς ἔργοις Acc Plur λόγους γραφάς
The 5 Noun Cases Nominative (Subject) Genitive (Of-ness/From-ness) Dative (To-ness/With-ness) Accusative (Object) Vocative (Direct Address)
The 5 Noun Cases Nominative (Subject) Genitive (Of-ness/From-ness) Dative (To-ness/With-ness) Accusative (Object) Vocative (Direct Address)
The 5 Noun Cases Total Case uses in the NT: Nominative:…...24,618 Genitive:…........19,633 Dative:…...........12,173 Accusative:…....23,105 Vocative:….............317 *Daniel Wallace, Greek Grammar: Beyond the Basics, pg 35.
The Full Paradigm Masculine Feminine Neuter Nom Sing λόγος γραφή ὥρα ἔργον Gen Sing λόγου γραφής ὥρας ἔργου Dat Sing λόγῳ γραφῇ ὥρᾳ ἔργῳ Acc Sing λόγον γραφήν ὥραν Declension 2 1 Nom Plur λόγοι γραφαί ἔργα Gen Plur λόγων γραφῶν ἔργων Dat Plur λόγοις γραφαῖς ἔργοις Acc Plur λόγους γραφάς
Noun Translation Hints Look for the nominative. When you see a new sentence, look for the nominative noun. That’s your subject. Look for the article. the article is your cheat-code to parsing nouns. If you know the article, you know the case, and number, and usually the gender. Look for iota subscripts. usually an iota subscript is a clue that a dative is present. In the singular dative the iota always subscripts if possible.
Noun Translation Hints Watch out for the alternate 1st declension pattern. some words in the first declension follow an α pattern in the singular instead of an η pattern. Always look just past the nouns you see, to see if a genitive is modifying it. Genitives usually follow the word they modify. e.g. ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ... break up the sentence into manageable chunks. if manageable for you is one word at a time, then go one word at a time. Your manageable will grow, but always try to push yourself to bigger chunks.
Homework/Adjustments to Syllabus Exercise 7 in workbook (everything) Full paradigm noun endings (should be easy if you know the definite article) Vocab on pages 39, 50-51.