Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

8: Conjunctions
Exercises
I. Short Answer
1) In general, what do conjunctions do?
2) How do Co-ordinate conjunctions differ (in function) from Sub-ordinate
conjunctions?
3) What kind of sentences do Co-ordinate Conjunctions create?
4) What kind of sentences do Sub-ordinate Conjunctions create?
5) Into what three general categories do dependent clauses fall?
6) What sorts of ideas do Adverbial clauses introduce?
7) How may a Noun clause function in a sentence?
8) What is a post-positive conjunction?
9) What is a particle (in the narrower sense)?
10) What is a particle (in the broader sense)?
11) How does the frequency of particles in the GNT compare with the same in
Classical Greek?
Solutions to Exercise I
1) They join things together.
2) Co-ord. conjs join together elements of equal grammatical power [ e.g. a main clause to a main
clause]. Sub-ord. conjs join together elements of unequal grammatical power [i.e. a dependent
clause to a main clause].
3) Co-ordinate Conjunctions create Compound Sentences.
4) Co-ordinate Conjunctions create Complex Sentences.
5) Adverbial clauses, Adjectival clauses, Noun clauses
6) Conditions, causes, results, purposes, concessions, comparisons, means, time, and place.
7) The entire clause can function like a noun: that is, as the subject or the object of a sentence. I
believe the Gospel. [The object is a simple noun]. I believe that Jesus is Lord. [The object is a
clause.]
8) A conjunction that will not appear as the rst word in its clause.
9) A word that usually conveys a subtle emotional or rational sense.
10) Any word that can’t easily be classied as one of the other nine parts of speech.
11) Except for and μ, particles are rare in the GNT, though they were frequent in Classical.
IV. Synthetic Sentences
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The sentences below gather together most of what we have learned so far, including
vocabulary. As usual, 1) parse verbs; 2) identify the cases and their uses; 3) note the
position of adjectives; 4) identify and explain pronouns; 5) provide a smooth English
translation; 6) diagram each sentence, with special attention to positioning clauses
appropriately; 7) and write in Greek at least two sentences.
1) μμ
μ μ
.
2) μ
μ μ.
3) μ μ
μ μ
.
4) μ μ
μ.
5) μ μ μ
μ .