1st Declension Masculine Nouns

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1st Declension Masculine Nouns

• Singular Plural
• nominative -hj -ai
• genitive -ou -wn
• dative -h -aij
• accusative -hn -aj

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First Declension Masculine
Nominative Singular
o( profh/thj
tou profh/tou
Genitive Singular
tw profh/th
Dative Singular
to_n profh/thn
Accusative Singular
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First Declension Masculine
Nominative Plural
oi9 profhtai
twn profhtwn
Genitive Plural
toij profh/taij
Dative Plural
tou\j profh/taj
Accusative Plural
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PREPOSITION A word that shows the relationship
between a noun and some other word in the
sentence.
a PREPOSITION can change the meaning of a
sentencesometimes dramatically.
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She is running her dog.
She is running TOWARD her dog.
She is running WITH her dog.
She is running FROM her dog.
She is running AROUND her dog.
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I took the money my friends.
I took the money FOR my friends.
I took the money TO my friends.
I took the money FROM my friends.
I took the money OF my friends.
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The same PREPOSITION can convey a variety of
meanings.
These various meanings might be expressed by
different prepositions in other languages.
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My house is BY the church.
We were helped BY our friends
He said he would get here BY six.
The judge does things BY the book.
I swear BY all that is holy!
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He sacrificed FOR his family.
Whats FOR dinner?
He went 3 FOR 4 with two homers.
The senator voted FOR the law.
Let us pray FOR peace.
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In Greek PREPOSITIONS are associated with various
noun cases.
The same PREPOSITION has different meanings,
depending on the case of the noun.