Chapter 32

Infinitive
1 Corinthians 6:11
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And this is what some of you used to be. But you were
washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our
God.
English
Verbal noun
Formed with to plus a verb
To become a Jedi master is my highest aspiration.
I began to sweat when the test began.
Greek
Verbal noun
Indeclinable (neuter singular)
Singular neuter article that is declined
To love Julia Roberts is only natural.
I would like to watch Notting Hill.
Takes modifiersdirect objects, prepositions
To drive in the driveway slowly is important.
Has no person or number
Greek
tense aspect translation
present continuous to continually study
aorist undefined to study
perfect completed to have studied
Infinitive Morpheme Chart
present 1st aorist 2nd aorist perfect
act stv oat stv ksvat
mid so0at oao0at so0at o0at
pass so0at 0nvat nvat o0at
With Verbs
present 1st aorist 2nd aorist perfect
ustv uoat a|stv suksvat
uso0at uoao0at a|so0at suo0at
uso0at u0nvat ,acnvat suo0at
Translation
To plus the verb
No time; aspect is difficult to translate
(Matt 6:24)
Perfect: have or had
Subject in the accusative
cuk nctsv astv ta eat|cvta
He would not permit the demons to speak.
Odds n Ends
Negation: |n
Parsing: tense, voice, infinitive
: aorist, active, infinitive, from , to see
Deponent

Translation
1. Substantive (articular infinitive)
s|ct tc nv Xtotc
2. Complementary infinitive (5 verbs always have one)
navtc astv
, , , ,
3. Preposition + Articular infinitive
Reason/Purpose (Accusative)
eta - because
eta tc |sastv autcv
st - in order that
st tc |sastv autcv
ac - in order that
ac tc |sastv autcv
Temporal
ac (genitive) - before
ac tcu |sastv autcv
sv (dat) - when, while
sv t |sastv autcv
|sta (acc) - after
|sta tc |sastv autcv
4. Purpose
st/ac + articular infinitive
Articular infinitive (gen)
tcu |sastv autcu
In order for them to see
Infinitive by itself
5. Result
ots + infinitive
Translate with regular verb
sanoav a|cctsa ta acta ots
|u0tso0at auta
They filled both boats so full that they were being sunk.
Summary
Indeclinable neuter verbal noun
Infinitive Morpheme Chart
Translation
Aspect
Subject
Five Uses
1. Substantive
2. Complementary infinitive
3. Preposition + articular infinitive (6)
4. Purpose
5. Result
Vocabulary
Indirect Discourse
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Because of this also the crowd went to meet him,
because they heard that he had performed this sign.
(John 12:18)
etkatc.
ata. atcv
|s
Parsing


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aor act inf

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aor mid inf

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pres act inf

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aor pass inf

Exercise #5
kat sactnosv eeska... tva otv |st autcu kat tva
aacotsn autcu knuoostv kat sstv scuotav
sk|astv ta eat|cvta.
Identify the verbs
Exercise #5
kat sactnosv eeska... tva otv |st autcu kat tva
aacotsn autcu knuoostv kat sstv scuotav
sk|astv ta eat|cvta.
Parse the verbs
Exercise #5
kat sactnosv eeska... tva otv |st autcu kat tva
aacotsn autcu knuoostv kat sstv scuotav
sk|astv ta eat|cvta.
aor act ind 3 sg
pres act subj 3 pl
- pres act subj 3 s
, , pres act inf
Exercise #5
kat sactnosv eeska... tva otv |st autcu kat tva
aacotsn autcu knuoostv kat sstv scuotav
sk|astv ta eat|cvta.
And he appointed twelve in order that they might be with
him and in order that he might send them to preach and to
have authority to cast out the demons.

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted
to persuade
to receive

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted
+ +

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted -
to persuade
to receive

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted -
to persuade
+

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted -
to persuade
to receive

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted -
to persuade
to receive
+

English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.
I wanted -
to persuade
to receive
English to Greek
I wanted to persuade my sister to receive the
garments.


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Chapter 32
Infinitive