A Student Handbook of Greek and English Grammar

178 Pages·2013·2.376 MB·Greek

by  Robert Mondi, Peter L. Corrigan

A Student Handbook
Greek and Enogflish Grammar
Robert Mondi & Peter L. Corrigan
a
STUDENT HANDBOOK
GREEK ENGLISH
of and
GRAMMAR
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a
STUDENT HANDBOOK
GREEK ENGLISH
of and
GRAMMAR
ROBERT MONDI
and
PETER L. CORRIGAN
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Indianapolis/Cambridge
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Copyright © 2013 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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For further information, please address
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 44937
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www.hackettpublishing.com
Cover design by Brian Rak
Interior design by Elizabeth L. Wilson
Composition by William Hartman
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mondi, Robert Joseph.
A student handbook of Greek and English grammar /
Robert Mondi and Peter L. Corrigan.
pages cm
Includes index.
Text in English and Greek.
ISBN 978-1-62466-036-8 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-62466-037-5 (cloth)
1. English language—Textbooks for foreign speakers—Greek,
Ancient. 2. English language—Foreign words and phrases—
Greek, Ancient. 3. English language—Grammar, comparative
and general—Greek, Ancient. 4. Greek language—Grammar,
comparative and general—English. 5. Greek language—Foreign
words and phrases—English. I. Corrigan, Peter L. II. Title.
PE1129.G7M66 2013
428.2’489—dc23 2013016425
Adobe PDF ebook ISBN: 978-1-62466-093-1
This book is dedicated to our wives,
Vicki (R.M.)
and
Junjuan (P.L.C.)
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CONTENTS
Preface xiii
Introduction xvii
I. PRELIMINARIES
1. Inflection 1
2. Parts of Speech 3
2.1 Nouns 3
2.2 Adjectives 3
2.3 Articles 4
2.4 Pronouns 4
2.5 Prepositions 5
2.6 Verbs 6
2.7 Particles 6
2.8 Conjunctions 7
2.9 Interjections 7
2.10 Adverbs 7
3. Sentences, Clauses, Phrases 9
3.1 Sentences 9
3.2 Clauses 9
3.3 Phrases 10
II. THE SYNTAX OF NOUNS
AND RELATED WORDS
4. Nouns 11
4.1 Number 11
4.2 Gender 13
4.3 Case 14
4.3.1 Nominative case 15
4.3.2 Genitive case 15
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viii Contents
4.3.3 Dative case 16
4.3.4 Accusative case 16
4.3.5 Vocative case 16
5. Special Uses for Noun Cases 17
5.1 Personal Agency 17
5.2 Exclamation 17
5.3 Means/Manner 18
5.4 Price/Value 19
5.5 Time Expressions 20
5.6 Comparison 21
6. Adjectives 23
6.1 Attributive and Predicative Positions 24
6.2 Degrees of Comparison 25
6.2.1 Irregular Comparisons 26
6.3 Demonstrative Adjectives 27
6.4 Interrogative Adjectives 27
6.5 Possessive Adjectives 27
aÈtÒw 28
6.6 The Intensive Adjective
6.7 Adjectives Used Substantively 29
7. Articles 30
8. Pronouns I 33
8.1 Personal Pronouns 33
8.2 Reflexive Pronouns 36
8.3 Demonstrative Pronouns 37
8.4 Relative Pronouns 37
8.5 Interrogative Pronouns 38
8.6 Indefinite Pronouns 39
8.7 Possessive Pronouns 40
9. Pronouns II 41
9.1 Demonstrative Pronoun 41
9.1.1 Deictic 41
9.1.2 Quantitative 42
9.1.3 Qualitative 42
9.2 Relative Pronouns 42
9.2.1 Intensive 42
9.2.2 Contingent 42
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Contents ix
9.2.3 Indefinite/General 43
9.2.4 Quantitative 43
9.2.5 Qualitative 43
9.3 Interrogative Pronouns 43
9.3.1 Quantitative 43
9.3.2 Qualitative 44
9.4 Indefinite Pronouns 44
9.4.1 Generalizing Indefinite 44
9.5 Comparative Pronouns 44
9.5.1 Comparative Demonstrative 45
9.5.2 Comparative Interrogative 45
9.5.3 Comparative Relative 45
9.5.4 Comparative Indefinite 45
9.6 Particularizing Pronouns 45
9.6.1 Indefinite Particularizing 46
9.7 Reciprocal Pronoun 46
9.8 Indirect Pronouns 46
10. Prepositions 49
III. THE SYNTAX OF VERBS
AND RELATED ELEMENTS
11. Verbs 52
11.1 Transitive and Intransitive Usage 53
11.1.1 Fine Points 54
11.2 Deverbatives 56
11.3 Person and Number 57
11.4 Aspect and Tense 60
11.5 Voice 65
11.5.1 Fine Points 68
11.6 Negation 70
11.7 Mood 73
11.7.1 Indicative 75
11.7.2 Imperative 76
11.7.3 Subjunctive 76
11.7.4 Optative 78
12. Infinitives 80
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