Hello
Quick beginner-type question - can anyone clarify adjective agreement a little for me.
Im not sure about how adjectives agree with nouns because it seems that an adjective can agree and yet have a different ending
for example
page 14 first greek book
- machaira agathei (scuse the spelling dont have the font here at work)
- a good sabre
- why - not machaira agatha - ?
Thanks in advance,
Nathan
adjective agreement
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Re: adjective agreement
Nouns and adjectives agree in case, number and gender. Sometimes the endings for these will look the same. Quite often they will not.nathanj5 wrote: Im not sure about how adjectives agree with nouns because it seems that an adjective can agree and yet have a different ending
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- why - not machaira agatha - ?
So focus on matching case and number, not the endings, or you will experience pain in the future. There is, for example, a very large class of adjectives where the masculine and feminine forms are identical.
Somehow you posted this question three times. I blotted out two of them.
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τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
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okay thinkive got it
yes sorry about that but I didnt think id sent it the browser wouldnt update...
okay so its just a question of learning the forms as opposed to macthing them to the nouns endings - i think Ive got that.
For example if I have a dative plural femine ending I put the relevent dat' plur' fem' ending of the adj' involved....mmm lots of memorising then.
Thanks again,
Nathan
okay so its just a question of learning the forms as opposed to macthing them to the nouns endings - i think Ive got that.
For example if I have a dative plural femine ending I put the relevent dat' plur' fem' ending of the adj' involved....mmm lots of memorising then.
Thanks again,
Nathan