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Re: You go first! After you!
Posted: July 15th, 2017, 3:03 am
by RandallButh
BTW, the principal parts of ἅγω may be sung to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas." Try it:
ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον, ἥχα, ἤγμαι, ἤχθην.
In the neighborhood of 'B', Mi mi mi...:
that is not how I would learn,
- if I wanted fluency
use each one in its own place,
- then you have it nat'rally.
(same tune)
Re: You go first! After you!
Posted: July 16th, 2017, 8:52 am
by Barry Hofstetter
RandallButh wrote: ↑July 15th, 2017, 3:03 am
BTW, the principal parts of ἅγω may be sung to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas." Try it:
ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον, ἥχα, ἤγμαι, ἤχθην.
In the neighborhood of 'B', Mi mi mi...:
that is not how I would learn,
- if I wanted fluency
use each one in its own place,
- then you have it nat'rally.
(same tune)
τοῦτο φιλῶ! Of course, fluency comes through using the language in various contexts. But memorization can still be a useful tool, one of the building blocks in providing a foundation for fluency.