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Ancient Greek for Everyone:A New Digital Resource for Beginning GreekUnit 4: Prepositions2013 editionWilfred E. Majorwmajor@lsu.edu 1Ancient Greek for EveryoneThis class AGE Unit 6: Greek PrepositionsPrepositions in Greek for the most part work as they do in English. The principal difference is that the meaning and usage of a preposition change somewhat depending on the case of the noun. Remember that the four cases in Greek give a basic idea of how a noun functions in a sentence. Prepositions make the case usage more specific. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITXrRHBA5OM - Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock: PrepositionsPosted in YouTube multiple times 2Ancient Greek for EveryoneGreek PrepositionsGreek prepositions require their nouns to be in specific cases. Prepositions govern nouns in the genitive, dative or accusative cases.Greek prepositions at their root often indicate direction. This chart shows the directions that each case generally indicates:

3Ancient Greek for EveryoneGreek PrepositionsThree prepositions illustrate this dynamic: + acc. into + dat. in + gen. out of

4Ancient Greek for EveryoneGreek PrepositionsThese prepositions normally do not bear an accent. + acc. into into the mouth can be shortened to : into the mouth + dat. in in the mouth + gen. out of out of the mouth but before a vowel, becomes : out of blood

5Ancient Greek for Everyone, around, up, / back, / from, through, / on

, / down, / with, after, beside around before, / underAll other prepositions normally accent their final syllable. Spell it like it sounds! Prepositions frequently drop their final vowel before a word beginning with a vowel (except and ).6Ancient Greek for EveryoneGreek PrepositionsPrepositions normally accent their final syllable: from the mouth On rare occasions, if they have an accent on their first syllable, then the object of the preposition comes before the preposition: from the mouth Spell it like it sounds! Prepositions frequently drop their final vowel before a word beginning with a vowel: from the hope from hope 7Ancient Greek for Everyone, around, / back, / from, / on

, / down, / with, after, / underSpell it like it sounds! After a preposition drops its final vowel, the remaining consonant can merge with a rough breathing:

from the blood from blood

8Ancient Greek for Everyone, around, near , up, through, because of, through/ into, / against , / down, along, according to

, / after, for, to, throughout, against near, around toward above, over, beyond , / underprepositions with nouns in the accusative case9Ancient Greek for Everyone in, / on, for the purpose of, because of

, with, near about by, in addition to with (the help of) prepositions with nouns in the dative case10Ancient Greek for Everyone, / instead of, for the sake of , / from, through, from , / on, at , / down, against

, / with , from about before, in front of toward, (swear) by over, on behalf of , / under, by prepositions with nouns in the genitive case11

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http://www.uncg.edu/cla/LionPrepGrk.html13Ancient Greek for Everyoneprepositions without a lion around opposite through, because of before, in front of

Ancient Greek for Everyone, around, up, , back, , from, through into, out of, -, - in, , on

, , down, , with , beside, to around ( can contract) before toward, -, -, - with above, , underPrepositions often double as prefixes for verbs. When they are attached to verbs, their final vowels can drop and/or the adjacent consonant assimilates to the first sound of the verb. 15Ancient Greek for EveryoneBuilding a Greek verbSome verbs in the vocabulary from Unit 2 have prefixes: ( + ) raise, appoint ( + ) give back ( + ) let go, allow, forgive ( + ) put on ( + ) set down, establish ( + ) hand over, deliver ( + ) be present ( + ) present ( + ) add

16Ancient Greek for EveryoneUnit 6 Vocabulary: Classical around up opposite from through, because of into, to, towards , from, out of in, among at, n, against

down with, after from, beside, to around, about before, in front of to, in addition to with for, beyond by, under, down under 17Ancient Greek for EveryoneUnit 6 Vocabulary: NT() until from through, because of into, to, towards , from, out of in, among at, n, against down

with, after from, beside, to around, about before, in front of to, in addition to with for, beyond by, under, down under 18

Kenneth Berding. Sing and Learn New Testament Greek (Zondervan, 2008).

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Kenneth Berding. Sing and Learn New Testament Greek (Zondervan, 2008).

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Kenneth Berding. Sing and Learn New Testament Greek (Zondervan, 2008).

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