identifying the syntax of the greek participle

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Identifying the Syntax of

the Greek ParticipleDaniel J. Pfeifer


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes No

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Attributive Substantival

Periphrastic

ConstructionAdverbial

Genitive

AbsoluteInspect the verbs

near the participle

Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Does the

participle have

an article?

Is the

participle in adj

position with a

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Attributive SubstantivalGenitive

Absolute

Periphrastic

Construction Adverbial

Inspect the nouns

near the participle


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes No

Inspect the nouns

near the participle


Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Attributive

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

Is the

participle in adj

position with a

noun?

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Attributive

Yes

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Attributive

Translation

Examples

(note relative time)

. . .The man who is speakingto the crowd is . . . . . .The man whospoketo the crowd is . . .

. . .The man who was speakingto the crowd was . . . . . .The man who had spokento the crowd was . . .

Adjectival Position

Adj-1: Art-Adj-N

Adj-2: Art-N-Art-Adj

Adj-3: N-Art-Adj (Thisis common with ptcps)

Is the

participle in adj

position with a

noun?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Substantival

No

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Substantival

Translation

Examples

(note relative time) . . .The one who is speakingto the crowd is . . . . . .The man whospoketo the crowd is . . .

. . .The one who was speakingto the crowd was . . . . . .The one who had spokento the crowd was . . .

Is the

participle in adj

position with a

noun?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes No

Inspect the nouns

near the participle


Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

Is the

participle in adj

position with a

noun?

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

No

Genitive

Absolute

Yes

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Translation

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Examples

. . . (Mark 14:43)And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came. . . .And immediately, after he spoke, Judas came. . . .And when he had spoken, Judas came.

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes No

Inspect the nouns

near the participle


Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Does the

participle have

an article?

Does the

participle agree

with a noun?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Periphrastic

Construction

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

No

Periphrastic

Construction

No

Yes

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Periphrastic

Construction

Translation

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

periphrastic tense construction

Present

present of

+

present participle

Imperfect imperfect of + present participle

Future

future of + present participle

Perfect

present of + perfect participle

Pluperfect

imperfect of

+

perfect participle

Future Perfect

future of

+

perfect participle

Examples

. . . you are speaking . . .you were speaking

. . .you will be speaking . . . you have been speaking . . .you had been speaking . . .you will have been speaking

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

Yes No

Inspect the nouns

near the participle


Periphrastic


Genitive

Absolute

Yes No Yes No

Yes No

Does the

participle have

an article?

Does the

participle agree

with a noun?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Adverbial

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?


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Identify the

participle

Parse the

participle

No

Adverbial

No

No

Does the

participle have

an article?


Absolute

Periphrastic


Adverbial

Translation

Inspect the nouns

near the participle

Inspect the verbs

near the participle

main verb present participle aorist participle

Future "While" + future continuouswill be eating

"After" + presenteating

Present "While" + present continuous

is eating

"After" + simple past

eatingImperfect "While" + past continuous

was eating"After" + past perfect

had eaten

Aorist "While" + past continuouswas eating

"After" + past perfecthad eaten

Perfect "While" + perfect continuoushave been eating

"After" + past perfecthadeaten

Examples

.He goes whilehe is praying. .He went whilehe was praying. .He goes

after

heprayed

. .He went afterhe prayed. Is the participle

genitive, working

with a genitive

noun?

Is the participle

working with

indicative form of

?

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