Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a
Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a
Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a
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5. Indenite Pronouns<br />
These pronouns allow us to speak of persons or things not yet identied. Indenite<br />
pronouns share exactly the same forms with Interrogative pronouns, except that<br />
Indenites are enclitics (typically lacking accent marks). Note that Interrogatives<br />
differ also by asking some kind of question.<br />
In <strong>Greek</strong>:<br />
In English:<br />
English Example:<br />
(and all its forms)<br />
someone, something, anyone, anything<br />
Someone was snooping around in the backyard. I don’t<br />
think he took anything.<br />
6. Reexive Pronouns<br />
These pronouns point the action of the verb back upon the subject of the sentence.<br />
In <strong>Greek</strong>:<br />
In English:<br />
English Example:<br />
μ (and all their forms)<br />
myself, ourselves, yourself, himself, herself, itself,<br />
themselves<br />
I really surprised myself by losing 10 pounds. Did Jack<br />
surprise himself?<br />
7. Reciprocal Pronouns<br />
These pronouns suggest a more complex interaction than reexive pronouns. With<br />
the reexive plural (We praised ourselves), each person could be praising him or her<br />
self individually. But with the reciprocal pronoun (We praised one another), each<br />
praised (and received praise from) another.<br />
Demonstrative Pronouns (near and<br />
far )<br />
Though Demonstratives are second in frequency, we’ll deal with them rst because<br />
of their simplicity. Observe the forms below, noting that they use the endings of the<br />
First and Second Declensions already familiar to you.<br />
The Near Demonstrative<br />
this (one), these (ones) Masculine Feminine Neuter<br />
Singular nominative <br />
genitive <br />
dative <br />
accusative <br />
Plural nominative <br />
genitive <br />
dative <br />
accusative <br />
1) All 4 nominatives of the masculine and feminine lack the initial tau (),<br />
and have rough breathings.<br />
2) The neuter nominative and accusative ending () follows the likeness of<br />
the article, rather than 2nd Declension nouns.<br />
In <strong>Greek</strong>:<br />
In English:<br />
English Example:<br />
(and all its forms, but always plural by nature)<br />
one another<br />
We ought to care for one another, while urging one<br />
another forward.<br />
3) Every form with an ending containing alpha () or eta () will have an<br />
initial diphthong of .<br />
7: Pronouns<br />
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