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Intro to Biblical Languages
Grammar
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Language - Other
Undergraduate 1
09/21/2011

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Term
Gender
Definition
masculine, feminine, neuter
Term
Case
Definition
Nouns are described according to the role they play in the sentence
Term
declensions
Definition
refers to the way nouns are gropued for the purpose of formation
Term
nominative
Definition
subject
Term
gentitve
Definition
possession
Term
dative
Definition
indirect object
Term
accusative
Definition
direct object
Term
vocative
Definition
direct address
Term
adjective
Definition
words that modify nouns or pronouns
Term
adjective rule
Definition
Adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case
Term
adverbial
Definition
sometimes used in place of an adverb 
Term
attributive
Definition
article is in front of the noun it modifies
Term
predicate
Definition
the article is in front of the noun not the adjective
Term
substantival
Definition
the adjective is used alone, in place of the noun
Term
preposition
Definition
Words that are used to relate nouns to other words in a sentence or words used with verbs to relate them to various objects/nouns
Term
pronouns
Definition
words used in place of nouns that either break boredom/monotony or for emphasis
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antecedent 
Definition
the noun to which the pronoun refers comes before the pronoun
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postcedent
Definition

the noun to which the pronoun refers comes after the pronoun

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