As with verbs, Greek nouns consist of a stem and an inflection that denotes the gender, number, and case of the noun. There are five…
Tag: Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek #6: Negative Adverbs
In Greek, there are two forms of the negative adverb “not”: one for indicative verbs (e.g. He is not teaching.) and one for imperative verbs (e.g. Do not teach.)…
Ancient Greek #5: Verbs- Present Active Imperative
Present Active Imperative verbs give commands. These commands have an imperfective aspect. In other words, they command for an action to happen continuously or repeatedly. In…
Ancient Greek #4: Verbs- Present Active Infinitive
Present Active Infinitive verbs describe actions that either complement another verb (e.g. I want to teach), or that function as a noun (e.g. To teach is difficult.) As…
Ancient Greek #3: Verbs- Present Active Indicative
Present Active Indicative verbs denote actions occurring in the present. These verbs can refer to an action occurring at the moment of the sentence (e.g. I am…
Ancient Greek #2: Verbs- Introduction
Greek verbs consists of a stem and an inflection (a suffix or prefix that denotes the properties of the verb). Each verb has up to…
Ancient Greek #1: Greek Alphabet
The Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters, most of which were adapted from Phoenician letters. Since we won’t use transliteration (Latin letters) in the Greek…
Classical Greek 2: Present Active Indicative Verbs
This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic terminology:
Verbs are “action” words (or, at least, that’s what I learned in school). Specifically, they are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. Verbs in Greek have several properties, including the following: Read more
Classical Greek 2: Verbs- Present Active Indicative
This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.
Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic concepts about verbs:
Verbs are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. In Greek, verbs have the following properties: Read more
3 John translation project (1): Selecting Source Material
As part of my New Testament translation project, I am also looking into the translation of the 3rd Epistle of John. This blog series will…