Subjunctive Parsing — Exercise

Chapter 31 — Subjunctive

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A 20-item parsing drill on the Greek subjunctive mood. Students parse each form (tense / voice / person / number / mood / lexical form), identify the use (hortatory, purpose, conditional, prohibition, emphatic denial, indefinite), and translate. Items are drawn from GNT-style sentences with the characteristic subjunctive constructions. An answer key is embedded in all formats.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 σώσῃ Aor Pres Act Pass 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg 3rd class (ἐάν) Emphatic denial (οὐ μή) Hortatory Indefinite (ὃς ἄν) Indefinite (ὅταν) Prohibition (μή+aor) Prohibition (μή+pres) Purpose (ἵνα) Purpose (ἵνα) neg. ▶

A: 1 σώσῃ Aor Act 3rd Sg Subj σῴζω Purpose (ἵνα) He came in order to save the world.

Q2. 2 παρακαλέσῃ Aor Pres Act Pass 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg 3rd class (ἐάν) Emphatic denial (οὐ μή) Hortatory Indefinite (ὃς ἄν) Indefinite (ὅταν) Prohibition (μή+aor) Prohibition (μή+pres) Purpose (ἵνα) Purpose (ἵνα) neg. ▶

A: 2 παρακαλέσῃ Aor Act 3rd Sg Subj παρακαλέω Purpose (ἵνα) I will send him to you so that he might encourage you.

Q3. 3 πιστεύητε Aor Pres Act Pass 1st 2nd 3rd Pl Sg 3rd class (ἐάν) Emphatic denial (οὐ μή) Hortatory Indefinite (ὃς ἄν) Indefinite (ὅταν) Prohibition (μή+aor) Prohibition (μή+pres) Purpose (ἵνα) Purpose (ἵνα) neg. ▶

A: 3 πιστεύητε Pres Act 2nd Pl Subj πιστεύω Purpose (ἵνα) These things were written so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ.