I and you
'I' and 'you' have their own forms in every case: 'me', 'to you', 'of us/our'.
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Use ἐγώ, σύ, αὐτός and εἰμί to read your first complete verses.
'I' and 'you' have their own forms in every case: 'me', 'to you', 'of us/our'.
Because the verb already shows the subject, adding adds stress: , 'I (and no other) am'.
Alone: 'he, she, it'. Next to a noun without the article: '-self' ( ). After the article: 'same' ( ).
A genitive pronoun after a noun shows possession: , 'my Lord'.
, , (), , , (). It links two nominatives: .
'himself', 'yourself', 'myself', 'one another'.
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αὐτοῦ
Ἀβραὰμ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαάκ, Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰακώβ, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, Matt 1:2
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εἰμί
present active indicative · 2nd plural
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ὑμεῖς
ὑμεῖς δὲ Χριστοῦ, Χριστὸς δὲ θεοῦ. 1Cor 3:23
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Who or what is the subject of γινώσκω? No subject is written; the ending tells you.
This lesson’s words, chart forms and parsings are spaced-review cards. Pass the drills above and they join your review, where each card comes back just before you would forget it. See step 7 for what this lesson adds.
Under each verse in step 6, write your own English and get feedback on each word. It doesn’t count toward the pass mark, so try it whenever a verse makes sense to you.
| Person | present active indicative |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| 1st | εἰμί (present form) |
| 2nd | εἶ (present form) |
| 3rd | ἐστί(ν) (present form) |
| plural | |
| 1st | ἐσμέν (present form) |
| 2nd | ἐστέ (present form) |
| 3rd | εἰσί(ν) (present form) |
Underlined:present form
Enclitic: in running text most forms lose their accent or throw it onto the previous word.
| Case | ἐγώ |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | ἐγώ (nominative form) |
| genitive | ἐμοῦ/μου (genitive form) |
| dative | ἐμοί/μοι (dative form) |
| accusative | ἐμέ/με (accusative form) |
| plural | |
| nominative | ἡμεῖς (nominative form) |
| genitive | ἡμῶν (genitive form) |
| dative | ἡμῖν (dative form) |
| accusative | ἡμᾶς (accusative form) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | σύ |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | σύ (nominative form) |
| genitive | σοῦ/σου (genitive form) |
| dative | σοί/σοι (dative form) |
| accusative | σέ/σε (accusative form) |
| plural | |
| nominative | ὑμεῖς (nominative form) |
| genitive | ὑμῶν (genitive form) |
| dative | ὑμῖν (dative form) |
| accusative | ὑμᾶς (accusative form) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | αὐτός (nominative ending) | αὐτή (nominative ending) | αὐτό (nominative ending) |
| genitive | αὐτοῦ (genitive ending) | αὐτῆς (genitive ending) | αὐτοῦ (genitive ending) |
| dative | αὐτῷ (dative ending) | αὐτῇ (dative ending) | αὐτῷ (dative ending) |
| accusative | αὐτόν (accusative ending) | αὐτήν (accusative ending) | αὐτό (accusative ending) |
| plural | |||
| nominative | αὐτοί (nominative ending) | αὐταί (nominative ending) | αὐτά (nominative ending) |
| genitive | αὐτῶν (genitive ending) | αὐτῶν (genitive ending) | αὐτῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | αὐτοῖς (dative ending) | αὐταῖς (dative ending) | αὐτοῖς (dative ending) |
| accusative | αὐτούς (accusative ending) | αὐτάς (accusative ending) | αὐτά (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
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Sabbath .
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· , speaking.
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truth, .
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Sources for this lesson: SBLGNT text CC BY 4.0; MACULA Greek CC BY 4.0 (tokens, parses, english glosses); Berean Interlinear glosses public domain (context_gloss); Dodson lexicon CC0 (vocab gloss).