Class Notes: July 7, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 5: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):):

27. Memorize the vocabulary and the extra vocabulary (see Sidebar for Lesson 5 vocabulary). There are no extra words from the LXX-NT vocabulary (the ones you'll need to know will be included in the regular vocabulary in future Lessons), but there are eight extra words which occur 20x or more in the New Testament. An audio file of the words is in the Sidebar.

28. Memorize the definite article paradigm.

29. Memorize the forms of first and second declension adjectives. The endings are in almost every case the same as those for nouns and the definite article, so if you've memorized the definite article and the first and second declension noun endings, you already know these forms (just remove the τ from the article to get the adjective/noun endings). Note the accent rule.

A note re: the singular endings of first declension feminine nouns and adjectives that end in α:

1. In nouns (Lesson 3 Section 18):


• If the next to the last letter (i.e., the letter before the α) in a word is a ρ or a vowel (usually ε or ι), the noun will be a "Pure Alpha" type and have α in all the singular endings.


• If the next to the last letter (i.e., the letter before the α) is any other letter, the noun will be a "Mixed" type and have η in the genitive and dative singular endings.*
  


2. In adjectives (Lesson 5 Section 29):
   
   
   • If the letter before the -ος ending of the masculine form (i.e., the lexical/dictionary/vocabulary list form) is a ρ or ε or ι, the feminine form of the adjective will have α in all the singular endings.
   
   
   • If the letter before the -ος ending of the masculine form (i.e., the lexical/dictionary/vocabulary list form) is any other letter, the feminine form of the adjective will have η in all the singular endings. I.e., there are no "Mixed" type feminine adjectives; they either have α in all the singular endings or η in all the singular endings.

* Other grammars may state or explain this slightly differently. E.g., David Alan Black in Learn to Read New Testament Greek - Expanded Edition says re: nouns that if the letter before the α is a sibilant phoneme ("sound") - i.e., ζ or σ or a double letter whose sound contains σ (i.e., ξ = κσ or ψ = πσ) - then the noun will be a "Mixed" type, whereas Croy says "Mixed" type nouns are those where the letter before the α is any letter other than a ρ or a vowel (usually ε or ι).

30. This is the most important Section in the Lesson. You must be able to know whether an adjective is attributive, predicate or substantival in order to translate it correctly. By doing all the Exercises, checking your answers, and correcting (and understanding) any mistakes you made, you should be able to grasp this pretty well.

32. Do all the Exercises and then check your answers by clicking the link in the sidebar on the right for the Lesson 5 answers.

NEXT WEEK'S CLASS - JULY 14 - WILL START AT 9:15 A.M. PLEASE BE EARLY!