# 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.