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…
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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 (2): Comparing Source Texts
In my previous post, I gave a brief overview of the Greek texts I am using for my translation of the Third Epistle of John…
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…
μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν
καλὸς ὁ βίος· ἡ ἡσυχία θησαυρός Life is good, and leisure is a treasure. Well, my translation is probably off, but that’s about as good…