Greek Adjectives, Adverbs and Conjunctions
Greek Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun (or any
type of )substantive. It may be describing the physical attributes of the noun
(e.g. "the glorious church"), any kind of general attribute (e.g. "the
contrite heart"), or a number of other descriptions. An adjective in Greek
is used just like an English adjective. However it may also take the place of
and function as a noun. Like pronouns, Greek adjectives are treated just as
Greek nouns in the sense that they are . declined. The form that the adjective
is in will be determined by the noun being modified. That is, each adjective
will have the form that matches the noun it is modifying in number, case , and
.gender.
Adverbs
An adverb is a word that modifies a ,verb , adjective or another adverb. It
often limits or describes the verb by indicating time, place, manner, or degree.
In English many adverbs end in "-ly". Some examples are: "very", "now",
"faithfully", "worthily", etc.. The Greek adverb is used very much
like an adverb in English and is usually not (declined i.e. it does not change
case form).
Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that joins together two or more words, phrases, clauses,
or sentences. There are 3 types of conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating.
1. Coordinating conjunctions are conjunctions which connect two equal parts of a sentence.
and is used to
join or add words together in the sentence They ate and drank.
or is used to
show choice or possibilities as in the sentence He will be here on Monday
or Tuesday.
but is used to
show opposite or conflicting ideas as in the sentence She is small but
strong.
so is used to
show result as in the sentence I was tired so I went to sleep.
2. Subordinating conjunctions connect two parts of a sentence that are not equal. after before unless although if until as since when
3.Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together. In the sentence Both Jan and Meg are good swimmers.
both . . .and
Greek conjunctions are used very much
like English conjunctions and typically do not change forms (i.e. they are not
declined).