Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

12: Aorist Tense
A Review of the Ten Parts of Speech
As you have already learned, Greek may be analyzed as having a total of ten (10) different kinds of words. Every single Greek word you encounter in the GNT will t into one of
these word classes! Review the names, roles, examples, and codes (in Mounce) of the ten (10) “Parts of Speech” as listed below:
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Part of Speech Typical Role English Example Interlinear Code (in Mounce)
1) verb sets in motion an action or state I saw the president. v (verb)
2) noun person, place, “thing” I saw the president. n (noun)
3) article particularizes a noun I saw the president. d (denite article)
4) adverb modies a verb I saw the president yesterday. adv (adverb)
5) adjective modies a noun I saw the former president yesterday. a (adjective)
6) conjunction adds things together I saw the president and the rst lady. cj (conjunction)
7) pronoun replaces a noun I saw them yesterday. r (pronoun)
8) preposition relates a noun to the sentence I saw them in the deli yesterday. p (preposition)
9) interjection attention-getting device Hey! I saw them yesterday! j (interjection)
10) particle adds tone or nuance to a sentence I indeed saw them yesterday. pl (particle)
But Mounce isn’t quite satised with these ten (10) categories, and has decided to treat the two verb Modes [Innitives and Participles] as two additional categories of analysis.
(Technically, these are simply verbs, and could be parsed accordingly.) So for purposes of working in Mounce’s Interlinear, we’ll need to add two more “classes” of words to the ten
we already have:
Part of Speech Typical Role English Example Interlinear Code (in Mounce)
11) innitive a verbal noun To meet the president is an honor. f (infinitive)
12) participle a verbal adjective The sitting president lives in D.C. pt (participle)