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- February 9th, 2016, 9:12 pm
- Forum: Learning Paradigms
- Topic: Question about contract verbs (first principal part)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27171
Re: Question about contract verbs (first principal part)
I'm asking this question just to help clarify things in my mind ... Does the lexical form of a contract verb (e.g., τιμάω = "I honor" = 1st pers pres act indic) actually exist, or is it a theoretial form only? In other words, since the (contracted) 1st pers pres act indic of τιμάω = τιμῶ ...
- February 9th, 2016, 6:53 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1316
Re: Hello
Hi everybody, My name is Alex, I'm from Romania and I'm currently living in The Netherlands. I'm here for a master program in theology. Here at my seminary I fell in love with biblical languages, especially Greek. I would like to learn more about the biblical Greek and one day maybe teach it. I lov...
- February 8th, 2016, 11:15 pm
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
It is better to try things out and learn language expression by trial and error in a more closed setting. And that is especially true when the correction is less than subtle . I hasten to add honestly that I am not speaking here from personal experience, nor do I have a personal complaint in this r...
- February 8th, 2016, 1:11 pm
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
I think it's good to have a composition forum with challenges. I don't mind making some mistakes in public, it's a talent of mine, but I do think correcting and learning from mistakes is helpful. What's the best way to do that? Although I haven't been much concerned about making mistakes in an open...
- February 7th, 2016, 11:52 pm
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
How does the suggestion to go private sit with others participating here? I can set up forums that are private, I can also set up forums where posts expire to avoid long term embarrassment. I am happy to do either. For reasons stated, I think private is a good idea. I have no strong feelings about ...
- February 7th, 2016, 5:59 pm
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
Right now, my reading goal is nine chapters per day in the New Testament and reading as far as I can through Laws book one without a lexicon. Rereading texts is something new that I am trying, and I think it has been helpful. Wow! That's a serious undertaking, Wes, and especially if you are reading...
- February 7th, 2016, 7:39 am
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
Sorry to be so slow to get back to this, Stephen. Time is not in abundance these days καὶ εἰ ἄνθρωπος ἔχει πόδας εἰς το πηδᾶν ὡς ἀκρὶς καὶ ὑπερβῆναι φραγμόν, might have made sense more simply Yes, after looking at it more carefully, I do have to agree with you once again. I'm not sure about making b...
- February 6th, 2016, 2:45 am
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
Thus I should have written something like: καὶ εἰ ἄνθρωπος ἐδύνατο ὡς ἀκρὶς πηδᾶν καὶ ἐδύνατο ὑπερβῆναι φραγμόν... The second ἐδύνατο isn't necessary, is it? It seems necessary to me. What I want to express is "if he could do this, then he could do that". I think I need something like δύν...
- February 6th, 2016, 1:51 am
- Forum: The modern world
- Topic: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
- Replies: 71
- Views: 307962
Re: Greek Composition 4x4 Challenge
καὶ ἐὰν ἄνθρωπος δυνηθῇ ὡς ἀκρὶς πηδᾶν καὶ ἠδύνατο ὑπερβῆναι φραγμόν ὅ ἐστιν πήχεις διακόσιοι τὸ ὕψος. πλὴν καταβῆναι δυσκόλως σφόδρα ἐστίν καἰ δεὶ συμβιβάζειν τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πρὶν τὸ ψηλαφῆσαί τὴν γῆν. Perhaps you should reconsider ἠδύνατο. English "would" is the past tense...
- February 5th, 2016, 5:43 pm
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Rev.12:4 Buried stars or impact craters?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4538
Re: Rev.12:4 Buried stars or impact craters?
But if we're going to get really physical with it - the "stars" would be either meteorites or stars - other suns, most of them greater than Sol. Meteorites would most likely burn up during descent, or would form an impact crater on hitting the earth. But the text says that the dragon thre...