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by Paul-Nitz
December 14th, 2019, 10:21 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: KOINE PHRASEBOOK
Replies: 39
Views: 63052

Re: KOINE PHRASEBOOK

I forgot
How do you say "I forgot" in Koine?

ἐπιλανθάνομαι αὐτοῦ
ἐπελαθόμην αὐτοῦ
by Paul-Nitz
December 9th, 2019, 9:53 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: KOINE PHRASEBOOK
Replies: 39
Views: 63052

Re: KOINE PHRASEBOOK

Newly updated and beautified! Koine Core Communicative Phrasebook, Vocabulary List, Verbs [/b] A) Koine Core Vocabulary. Carefully selected list of 700 words. Focus is on the New Testament. Some preference to words that have communicative value. Some extra-biblical words added for communicative lan...
by Paul-Nitz
November 24th, 2019, 2:49 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Anki - Flashcards
Replies: 7
Views: 22672

Re: Anki - Flashcards

https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/metzger I found an Anki deck for Metzger's Lexical Aids at the link above and tested downloading it into my Anki Desktop app. Works fine. I looked at a few cards. One of them was "from." Well... what would you answer to that Greek mavens? παρά, ἀπό, ἐκ, Gen...
by Paul-Nitz
November 23rd, 2019, 8:24 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings!
Replies: 8
Views: 10433

Re: Greetings!

Mr. Bradley wrote: November 21st, 2019, 6:52 pm I'm learning a ton about the pedagogy of teaching Greek
I'm always learning, too. Tell us what your latest insights have been.
by Paul-Nitz
November 23rd, 2019, 7:51 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: John 8:33 Antecedant of "they"
Replies: 15
Views: 6584

Re: John 8:33 Antecedant of "they"

To refresh the debate, Are the the πεπιστευκοτες of vs. 31 the ones who απεκριθησαν in vs. 33? Sure seems to me that the natural grammatical sense is to take it as the οἱ πεπιστεύκοτες who ἀπεκρίθησαν . It does jar the senses, though. I wonder if the answer to the apparent contradiction here is in f...
by Paul-Nitz
November 16th, 2019, 11:27 am
Forum: Pronunciation
Topic: Roman Period Koine pronunciation of ευ in πεπαίδευνται
Replies: 11
Views: 24058

Re: Roman Period Koine pronunciation of ευ in πεπαίδευνται

πεπαίδευνται is a little tricky, but we do utter this combination in English: seventy ˈsɛvnti A bit off the point, but that final "t" in "seventy" is simply an unaspirated "t." That's the way I take ντ combinations in Restored Koine, I prefer to pronounce them with an u...
by Paul-Nitz
November 13th, 2019, 1:15 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Greek Teacher
Replies: 31
Views: 13371

Re: New Greek Teacher

How valuable would living language precepts be to them? Let me try out three theses as a short answer. What is language? It is the primary vehicle for communication. Language may be spoken, heard, written, and read. What is communication? The expression, interpretation, and sometimes negotiation of...
by Paul-Nitz
November 12th, 2019, 11:38 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Greek Teacher
Replies: 31
Views: 13371

Re: New Greek Teacher

Shirley Rollinson
Slightly off topic, but we all do know, don't we, that Shirley is the most interesting person on B-Greek?
https://drshirley.org/sjr/bio.html


by Paul-Nitz
November 12th, 2019, 11:35 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Greek Teacher
Replies: 31
Views: 13371

Re: New Greek Teacher

Shirley Rollinson wrote: November 11th, 2019, 7:34 pm memorization of authentic texts
Good point. And add some questions to that and you have a great learning strategy for an autodidact.


by Paul-Nitz
November 11th, 2019, 10:04 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Greek Teacher
Replies: 31
Views: 13371

Re: New Greek Teacher

quick and slow reading work in different ways and give you different things Very true, different types of reading for different purposes. If the purpose is to advance in your understanding of a language, then most learners ultimately make quicker and better quality progress by keeping within a cert...

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