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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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