BBG Chapter 13 — Demonstrative Parsing Drill

For each item: (1) parse the demonstrative (gender, case, number, lexical form) and (2) identify its use as A (adjective, predicate position) or P (pronoun, substantival). Click ▶ Answer to check your work.

# Form Context phrase Gender Case Number Lexical form Use (A/P)
1 οὗτος οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος
Masculine · Nominative · Singular · οὗτος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun
2 τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν τοῦτο
Neuter · Accusative · Singular · οὗτος · P — Stands alone as direct object; "this thing"
3 ταύτης ἐκ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης
Feminine · Genitive · Singular · οὗτος · A — Post-positive predicate position: article + noun + demonstrative
4 τούτους τοὺς νόμους τούτους
Masculine · Accusative · Plural · οὗτος · A — Post-positive predicate position: article + noun + demonstrative
5 αὕτη αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολή
Feminine · Nominative · Singular · οὗτος · P — Subject pronoun in predicate nominative construction; "This is the commandment"
6 ταῦτα ταῦτα εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς
Neuter · Accusative · Plural · οὗτος · P — Direct object pronoun; "these things"
7 τούτῳ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ
Masculine · Dative · Singular · οὗτος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun
8 τούτων ἡ ἀρχὴ τούτων
Masc./Neut. · Genitive · Plural · οὗτος · P — Genitive of the whole; pronoun standing alone; "of these things/ones"
9 αὗται αὗται αἱ γυναῖκες
Feminine · Nominative · Plural · οὗτος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun
10 τοῦτον τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα εἶδον
Masculine · Accusative · Singular · οὗτος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun
11 ἐκεῖνος ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει
Masculine · Nominative · Singular · ἐκεῖνος · P — Subject pronoun; "that one (the Holy Spirit) will teach you" (John 14:26)
12 ἐκείνην ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ / ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν
Feminine · Accusative · Singular · ἐκεῖνος · A — Predicate position modifying ἡμέραν; "that day"
13 ἐκεῖνο ἐκεῖνο τὸ ἔργον ἦν καλόν
Neuter · Nominative · Singular · ἐκεῖνος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun; "That work was good"
14 ἐκείνης ἡ βασιλεία ἐκείνης
Feminine · Genitive · Singular · ἐκεῖνος · A — Post-positive predicate position: article + noun + demonstrative
15 ἐκεῖνοι ἐκεῖνοι οἱ μαθηταί
Masculine · Nominative · Plural · ἐκεῖνος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun; "those disciples"
16 ἐκείνων ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων
Feminine · Genitive · Plural · ἐκεῖνος · A — Post-positive predicate position: article + noun + demonstrative; "from those days"
17 ἐκεῖνα ἐκεῖνα ἤκουσαν
Neuter · Accusative · Plural · ἐκεῖνος · P — Stands alone as direct object; "those things"
18 ἐκείνῃ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
Feminine · Dative · Singular · ἐκεῖνος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun; "in that day"
19 τούτοις τοῖς νόμοις τούτοις
Masculine · Dative · Plural · οὗτος · A — Post-positive predicate position: article + noun + demonstrative; "to these laws"
20 ἐκείνοις ἐκείνοις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις
Masculine · Dative · Plural · ἐκεῖνος · A — Predicate position: demonstrative + article + noun; "to those men"
Reminder: A demonstrative functioning as an adjective always appears in predicate position — either before or after the article-noun group, never sandwiched between them. A demonstrative functioning as a pronoun stands alone without a noun it directly modifies.