Agreement
An adjective matches its noun in case, number and gender: , .
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Make adjectives agree with nouns and tell attributive, predicate and substantival uses apart.
An adjective matches its noun in case, number and gender: , .
or : 'the good word'.
or : 'the word is good' (supply 'is').
With just the article, an adjective stands alone: 'the holy ones, the saints'; 'what is good'.
Some adjectives use the masculine forms for feminine too: , 'eternal life'.
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Fill in the blank cells of ἀγαθός, -ή, -όν (2-1-2 adjective).
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Parse the marked word from Matt 14:2.
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καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· Οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής· αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ. Matt 14:2
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ἅγιος
nominative singular neuter
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ἀγαπητός
καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν λέγουσα· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα. Matt 3:17
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Passage 1 of 4, question 1 of 2. Tap any word you need; looking words up never costs you.
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Who or what is the subject of λέγω? No subject is written; the ending tells you.
Read a clause from the New Testament, tapping any word you need, then say who does what.
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Passage 1 of 2, question 1 of 1. Tap any word you need; looking words up never costs you.
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Who or what is the subject of βλέπουσιν? 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.
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | ἀγαθός (nominative ending) | ἀγαθή (nominative ending) | ἀγαθόν (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἀγαθοῦ (genitive ending) | ἀγαθῆς (genitive ending) | ἀγαθοῦ (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἀγαθῷ (dative ending) | ἀγαθῇ (dative ending) | ἀγαθῷ (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἀγαθόν (accusative ending) | ἀγαθήν (accusative ending) | ἀγαθόν (accusative ending) |
| plural | |||
| nominative | ἀγαθοί (nominative ending) | ἀγαθαί (nominative ending) | ἀγαθά (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἀγαθῶν (genitive ending) | ἀγαθῶν (genitive ending) | ἀγαθῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἀγαθοῖς (dative ending) | ἀγαθαῖς (dative ending) | ἀγαθοῖς (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἀγαθούς (accusative ending) | ἀγαθάς (accusative ending) | ἀγαθά (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | ἅγιος (nominative ending) | ἁγία (nominative ending) | ἅγιον (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἁγίου (genitive ending) | ἁγίας (genitive ending) | ἁγίου (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἁγίῳ (dative ending) | ἁγίᾳ (dative ending) | ἁγίῳ (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἅγιον (accusative ending) | ἁγίαν (accusative ending) | ἅγιον (accusative ending) |
| plural | |||
| nominative | ἅγιοι (nominative ending) | ἅγιαι (nominative ending) | ἅγια (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἁγίων (genitive ending) | ἁγίων (genitive ending) | ἁγίων (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἁγίοις (dative ending) | ἁγίαις (dative ending) | ἁγίοις (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἁγίους (accusative ending) | ἁγίας (accusative ending) | ἅγια (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
Every word here is one you know, apart from at most one glossed word. Tap a word to look it up; it shows only what you've learned so far. Answer questions on these verses in the Read a verse drill.
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[the] propitiation , .
One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ἱλασμός “[the] propitiation”.
shepherd , ,
One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ποιμὴν “shepherd”.
Every word in these is one you know. Answer questions on them in the Read a clause drill.
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Also: 2 charts, 5 parsing items.
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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).