Language/Ancient-greek-to-1453/Grammar/The-conjunctions

The conjunctions

• ·        αὖ on the other hand…

• ·        γε intensifies and sharpens the word(s) before it

• ·        δή literally now!, but more generally emphatic

• ·        ἦ emphasizes the particle that follows

• ·        καίτοι marks a transition, restatement, or conclusion

• ·        μέντοι (postpositive) of course (emphatic in replies); however (in a transition)

• ·        μήν follows a particle that it emphasizes

• ·        νῦν, νυνί now, as it is now…

• ·        οὐκοῦν sets up an expectation to agree

• ·        περ (enclitic) an emphatic suffix following relatives and conjunctions
• The conjunctions δέ and μέν…δέ are, in fact, particles.

Questions and Answers

• ·        ἆρα this word has no independent meaning: it simply turns a statement into a yes/no question.
• ·        πότε when?
• ·        ποῦ where?
• ·        πῶς how?
• ·        πότερον whether

Answers

• ναί  yes
• μάλιστα definitely yes, certainly
• οὔ no

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