How to use participles in Greek

To begin with, participles are considered as verbal adjectives, which hs a defining role in Nacient Greek, as it has multiple functions. it can be divided in three sectors : active, middle or passive and can be used when talking about the past(aorist) ,present, future and perfect tenses. These are mostly used in order to represent a time relative to the verb of a sentence, showing no definite endings and expressing an action or situation presented in the text. The three main syntactic uses of the participle can be divided in three parts: the attributive participle, supplementary participle and circumstantial or adverbial participle. The attributive participle is reffered to as ''the modifier of a noun'' and it functions as a defining adjective in a sentence. It is further used in agreement with the verb, by supporting and enhancing its meaningg. An iportant hint to remember it , is to think of it as having the same exact role that a common adjective has in a sentence. Secondly, the supplementary participle is used in two cases a) indirect disclosure and b) direct disclosure, and is always accompanieid with an article. Finally, the circumstantial (adverbial) participle is used without an aricle and is added as a modifier to a noun or pronounto denote a certain action of another verbal form in the sentence,which makes it easier for the reader to understand the circumstances taking place in a specific time frame. It is also important to remember that participles are usually used to declare what one is seing/hearing/ or generally declaring in a sentence

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