Noun Inflection
“Noun” “A word that stands for someone or something” Person, place, or thing
“Inflection” Nouns can change their form based on their function and meaning English is not heavily inflected (pronouns) Greek is inflected (not as much as German)
1. Function (“cases”) Subjective Subject “he” “teacher” Possessive Possession (“of”) “his” “teacher’s” Objective Direct/Indirect object “him” “teacher"
Uses the objective case Indirect Object Uses the objective case “Karen threw Brad a ball.” “Karen threw a ball to Brad.”
How Determine? English word order Ask: Who? Whose? What? for subject Whose? for possessive What? or Whom? objective
2. Meaning Singular Student Child Plural Students Children
3. Gender Masculine Prince He Feminine Princess She Neuter It
Summary “Inflection” Case Number Gender
ἄγγελος
ἀδελφός
ἁμαρτία
δόξα
ἔργον
θεός
καρδία
κόσμος
κύριος
πνεῦμα
Παῦλος
Πέτρος