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Greek Grammar
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10/29/2012

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INFLECTION

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refers to the spelling changes words undergo to reflect their grammatical function in a sentence

 

in nominal forms is called declension, and conjugation for verbs.

Term

what is a nominal form?

 

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noun , pronoun, adjective, article , numerals

Term
what is case?
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refers to an inflectional form that indicates its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence

 

establishes the function of a word in relation to the verb or to other parts of the sentence,

Term
how many cases are there??
Definition

 

5

 

Nomnative

accusative

genative

dative

vocative

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What is the nomnative case?
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identifies  the subject of a verb or the predicate noun or predicate adjective

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What is the accusative case?
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identify the direct object of a transitive verb.

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What does substantive mean??
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 refers to any word or word group that functions as a noun.

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What are the 4 substantives?
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number, gender, stem, and declension.

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What is number substantive
Definition
All Greek nouns inflect for singular or plural number.
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