Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

4: The (Denite) Article
Exercises
I. Short Answer
1) What does the denite article typically do?
2) How does the listener/reader understand which particular item(s) is singled
out?
3) In what ways might a listener/reader have prior knowledge of an item(s)?
4) Why does the article have forms to represent every case, number and
gender?
5) Will an article agree in spelling with the noun it modies?
6) Name, describe common function of, and identify the Interlinear symbol
for each of the 10 Parts of Speech.
II. Memorize the Article
There is no part of speech more important to commit to memory than the article. As
noted before, about every 7th word in the GNT (on average) is the article. It often
serves as a grammatical signpost suggesting to us just how the parts of the sentence
t together. Use your own paper to write out its forms, and continually pronounce
aloud as you write.
Singular
Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
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Solutions to Exercise I
1) It signals that the speaker/writer is singling out something particular.
2) The listener/reader will have prior knowledge of it.
3) [See the list of explanations in the lesson above.]
4) It must be able to modify any noun, however that noun might appear.
5) Not necessarily. But it must agree in information [case, number, gender].