New Testament Greek for Beginners

(Based on the book with the same title by Gresham Machen, The MacMillan Company, 1923)

References

91. The conjunction δέ is postpositive - that is, it cannot stand first in its clause. Ordinarily it stands second.

Example (audio):

ὁ δοῦλος γινώσκει τὸν ἀπόστολον, ὁ δὲ ἀπόστολος βλέπει τὸν κύριον.
The servant knows the apostle and the apostle sees the Lord.