Author Archives: John Harris

Back to verbs, this time, Subjunctive verbs. The Subjunctive mood deals with “possibilities” (not “reality” like the Indicative mood). When translating a subjunctive verb, start with “may/might” in front of it, then smooth out the english later. The sign of … Continue reading →

Not a lot of new information for these two chapters, but it rounds-out participles. Remember that a Participle is a “Verbal Adjective” so it is based on the same root/stems as a Verb, but it modifies a Noun (head noun). … Continue reading →

This chapter is about Aorist Participles As in the last chapter (Present Participles) when you see an -ντ- (Masculine) or -ουσα- (Feminine) in a word based on a verb, that’s an Active Participle, and if you see -μενο- (Masculine) or … Continue reading →

In this chapter: Present Active Participles (Masculine & Neuter: -ντ / Feminine: -ουσα) and Present Middle/Passive Participles (Masculine & Neuter -μενο / Feminine -μενη). Participles are “Verbal-Adjectives” so they also have the Noun/Adjective Case Endings (Remember Chapter 10? Go back … Continue reading →

The end of a big section on indicative verbs, not a whole lot of vocabulary (a great time to catch-up)