It’s Still Greek to Me by Black, David Alan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface A Word to the Teacher Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations PART 1: Up the Greek without a Paddle: This Thing Called Grammar

1. There’s No Place like Rome: The Parts of Speech and Their Function

The Parts of Speech

NOUNS ADJECTIVES PRONOUNS VERBS ADVERBS, PARTICIPLES, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, INTERJECTIONS

Organizing the Greek Parts of Speech A Word about Words Conclusion For Practice Key Terms

2. Group Therapy: The Sentence and Its Parts

The Sentence: Subject and Predicate Types of Verbs Modifiers Classes of Sentences Phrases

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES VERBAL PHRASES

Clauses

NOUN CLAUSES ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES ADVERBIAL CLAUSES

How to Analyze a Sentence Conclusion For Practice Key Terms

PART 2: The Greeks Had a Word for It: The Greek Noun System

3. Just in Case: Overcoming Declension Apprehension

The Uses of the Greek Cases Nominative Case Vocative Case Genitive Case Dative Case Accusative Case Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Adjectives Large and Small

The Function of Adjectives Uses of the Greek Adjective The Comparison of Adjectives

POSITIVE ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Numerals as Adjectives Adjectives at Play Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

5. Woe Is I: Overcoming Pronoun Paranoia

The Basics of Pronoun Usage Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Reciprocal Pronouns Relative Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

6. Have Mercy on Me, the Sinner: Those Articulate Articles

General Uses of the Article Special Rules for the Article Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

7. Up, Up, and Away: Those Preposterous Prepositions

The General Use of Prepositions Proper Prepositions Improper Prepositions The Character of Prepositions Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

PART 3: Rho, Rho, Rho Your Boat: The Greek Verb System

8. Tense Times with Verbs (1): An Overview of Greek Inflections

How the Greek Verb Works Person Number Voice Aspect Mood

INDICATIVE MOOD SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD OPTATIVE MOOD IMPERATIVE MOOD

Time (Tense) Conclusion Key Terms For Further Reading

9. Tense Times with Verbs (2): Interpreting the Greek Tenses

Action in Past Time

AORIST TENSE IMPERFECT TENSE PLUPERFECT TENSE

Action in Present Time

PRESENT TENSE PERFECT TENSE

Action in Future Time

FUTURE TENSE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

Periphrastic Tenses Principal Parts Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

10. To Be or Not to Be: The Infinitive

Nature of the Greek Infinitive Main Uses of the Infinitive Observing the Aspect of the Infinitive Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

11. Going, Going, Gone: The Participle

Uses of the Participle The Meaning of Tense in the Participle Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

12. It’s a Small Word after All: Adverbs, Conjunctions, and Particles

Adverbs Conjunctions

COORDINATING CONJUNCTION SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Particles

NEGATIVE PARTICLES EMPHATIC PARTICLES

Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

PART 4: From Alpha to Omega: Finishing Touches

13. A Cure for Clausetrophobia: Greek Clauses

Temporal Clauses Relative Clauses Comparative Clauses Causal Clauses Local Clauses Purpose Clauses Result Clauses Content Clauses Conditional Clauses Conclusion For Practice Key Terms For Further Reading

14. To Koine Phrase: The Greek of the New Testament

The Language of the New Testament New Testament Semitisms Conclusion For Further Reading

Postscript Key to the Exercises Appendix 1: Greek Verb Conjugations

Regular Omega Verbs

FIRST PRINCIPAL PART SECOND AND THIRD PRINCIPAL PARTS FOURTH PRINCIPAL PART FIFTH PRINCIPAL PART SIXTH PRINCIPAL PART

Contract Verbs

Τιμάω Φιλέω Δηλόω

Liquid Verbs Μι Verbs

Δίδωμι Τίθημι Ἵστημι Εἰμί

Appendix 2: Principal Parts of Selected Verbs Summary of Topics Subject Index Greek Word Index Scripture Index Notes About the Author Other Books by Author

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