How computational thinking can help us learn inflection of nouns and adjectives.

1. Inflected Forms of Nouns and Adjectives
Apostolos Syropoulos
May 18, 2022
2nd Gymnasoum of Xanthi
Xanthi, Greece
asyropoulos@aol.com

2. Presentation Overview
1 Inflection
2 Cases and Computer Games
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3. What does inflection mean?
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4. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
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5. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
Example When you add ‐s to dog you get dogs.
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6. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
Example When you add ‐s to dog you get dogs.
Inflection expresses cases.
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7. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
Example When you add ‐s to dog you get dogs.
Inflection expresses cases.
Case is the grammatical function of a noun or pronoun.
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8. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
Example When you add ‐s to dog you get dogs.
Inflection expresses cases.
Case is the grammatical function of a noun or pronoun.
Example Modern English has only 3 cases: subjective (he), objective (him), and possessive (his).
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9. What does inflection mean?
A change in or addition to the form of a word that shows a change in the way it is used in sentences
Example When you add ‐s to dog you get dogs.
Inflection expresses cases.
Case is the grammatical function of a noun or pronoun.
Example Modern English has only 3 cases: subjective (he), objective (him), and possessive (his).
Modern Greek has 4 cases: nominative, genitive, accusative, and vocative.
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10. Cases of Modern Greek
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11. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
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12. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
The genitive case indicates possesion.
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13. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
The genitive case indicates possesion.
The accusative case indicates the direct object in the sentence.
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14. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
The genitive case indicates possesion.
The accusative case indicates the direct object in the sentence.
The vocative is used to address somebody.
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15. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
The genitive case indicates possesion.
The accusative case indicates the direct object in the sentence.
The vocative is used to address somebody.
The dative case is missing from Modern Greek.
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16. Cases of Modern Greek
The nominative case is used to write the subject in the sentence.
The genitive case indicates possesion.
The accusative case indicates the direct object in the sentence.
The vocative is used to address somebody.
The dative case is missing from Modern Greek.
NB There are other uses for the first three cases but we presented the main use of its case.
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17. The Tetris Game!
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18. The Tetris Game!
Do you know the Tetris game?
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19. The Tetris Game!
Do you know the Tetris game?
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20. The Tetris Game!
Do you know the Tetris game?
Play it online at
https://www.lumpty.com/amusements/Games/Tetris/tetris.html
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21. Cases and the Tetris Game!
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22. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game.
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23. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
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24. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
Each row is like a sentece and the empty columns cannot accommodate just any tile.
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25. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
Each row is like a sentece and the empty columns cannot accommodate just any tile.
In a sentence not every case of a noun can be used.
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26. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
Each row is like a sentece and the empty columns cannot accommodate just any tile.
In a sentence not every case of a noun can be used.
One has to use the case that is closer to the meaning she wants to convey.
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27. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
Each row is like a sentece and the empty columns cannot accommodate just any tile.
In a sentence not every case of a noun can be used.
One has to use the case that is closer to the meaning she wants to convey.
Example When talking about properties, you should use genitive case.
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28. Cases and the Tetris Game!
Cases are like the falling tiles in a Tetris game. Why?
Each row is like a sentece and the empty columns cannot accommodate just any tile.
In a sentence not every case of a noun can be used.
One has to use the case that is closer to the meaning she wants to convey.
Example When talking about properties, you should use genitive case.
Choising the right case is like an algorithm that choses the right tile for a particular row in a Tetris game.
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29. Exercise
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30. Exercise
Find what is the case of the nouns in boldface.
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31. Exercise
Find what is the case of the nouns in boldface.
Sentence Meaning
Το ποδήλατο της Eλένης. Eleni’s bicycle.
Η πόλη των χρωμάτων. The town of colors.
Τα χρώματα της πολης. The colors of the town.
Ο Νίκος είναι καλός μαθητής. Nikos is a good student.
Μοιάζει του πατέρα του. He looks like his father.
Στα μέσα της εβδομάδας. In the middle of the weel.
Η Ελένη αγοράζει ρούχα. Eleni buys cloths.
Παπούτσια ορειβασίας Climbing shoes.
Άνθρωπος των γραμμάτων. A literate person (aka a person of letters…).
Ο Νίκος γνωρίζει τον Κώστα Nikos knows Kosta.
Σοφία έλα στο δωμάτιο μου. Sofia come to my room.
Το Σάββατο φεύγουμε. We are living on Saturday.
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