Class Notes: October 27, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 19: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

129. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words.

130., 131., 132., and 133. Memorize the paradigms for the First and Second Aorist Active and Middle Participles. Note that the 2nd-Aorist Participles use the same endings you learned in Lesson 18 for the Present Active and Middle Participles, except for the accent. Since Participles don't have a time sense (i.e., past, present or future), but only an aspect sense (Present Participles: continuous action; Aorist Participles: action viewed as a whole), there is no prefixed ε before the Aorist stem.

The 1st-Aorist Active and Middle Participles are also like the Present Active and Middle Participles in most instances, except they have σα between the stem and the ending instead of ο. The 1st-Aorist Active Feminine Participle has σα instead of ου between the Aorist stem and the ending.

Study the listing of the more common 2nd-Aorist Participles in Section 132.

134. Read this, and also read the section on Participles in the Greek New Testament Insert, pp. 30-37.

135. This is very important. The Genitive Absolute is a frequent New Testament construction. Do the Exercises to become familiar with its syntax.

136. Do all the Exercises.

We'll again continue our reading with Κατα Ιωαννην The Gospel According to John, 1:35, since we did not do any reading from John on October 27.

Class Schedule

Our class schedule without interruptions (noted in parentheses) is below:

October 27, 2007: Review 18, Preview 19
November 3: Review 19, Preview 20
November 10: Review 20, Preview 21
November 17: Review 21, Preview 22
November 24: Review 22, Preview 23 (not meet)
December 1: Review 23, Preview 24 (I'll be gone this day or 12/15)
December 8: Review 24, Preview 25
December 15: Review 25, Preview 26 (I'll be gone this day or 12/1)
December 22: Review 26, Preview 27 (not meet)
December 29: Review 27, Preview 28 (not meet)
January 5, 2008: Review 28, Preview 29
January 12: Review 29, Preview 30
January 19: Review 30, Preview 31
January 26: Review 31, Preview 32
February 2: Review 32

For my benefit and your own, if we skip one week, I don't want us to miss a Lesson, so I'd have you do 2 Lessons for the 2 weeks between classes. If you get stuck during those 2 weeks, you can call or email me with any questions you have or problems you encounter.

However, if we have to skip more than 1 week (see below), then I will only expect you to do 2 Lessons during those weeks. Thus, the probable schedules will be as follows, and we will only fall behind by 2 weeks overall:

If I am absent December 1:
October 27, 2007: Review 18, Preview 19
November 3: Review 19, Preview 20
November 10: Review 20, Preview 21
November 17: Review 21, Preview 22 & 23
November 24: (not meet) Thanksgiving
December 1: (not meet, as I'll be gone)
December 8: Review 22 & 23, Preview 24
December 15: Review 24, Preview 25 & 26
December 22: (not meet) Christmas
December 29: (not meet) New Year's
January 5, 2008: Review 25 & 26, Preview 27
January 12: Review 27, Preview 28
January 19: Review 28, Preview 29
January 26: Review 29, Preview 30
February 2: Review 30, Preview 31
February 9: Review 31, Preview 32
February 16: Review 32

If I am absent December 15:
October 27, 2007: Review 18, Preview 19
November 3: Review 19, Preview 20
November 10: Review 20, Preview 21
November 17: Review 21, Preview 22 & 23
November 24: (not meet) Thanksgiving
December 1: Review 22 & 23, Preview 24
December 8: Review 24, Preview 25 & 26
December 15: (not meet, as I'll be gone)
December 22: (not meet) Christmas
December 29: (not meet) New Year's
January 5, 2008: Review 25 & 26, Preview 27
January 12: Review 27, Preview 28
January 19: Review 28, Preview 29
January 26: Review 29, Preview 30
February 2: Review 30, Preview 31
February 9: Review 31, Preview 32
February 16: Review 32

If you personally have to miss a scheduled class, I still expect you to stay on schedule. Again, you can always call or email me with any questions you have or difficulties you encounter.

If you do your daily work, esp. during the vacation weeks, you will not fall behind.

Class Notes: October 20, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 18: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

121. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words.

123. and 124. Memorize the Present Active and Present Middle/Passive Participle. If you've been studying the chart I gave you and/or if you've learned the 3rd Declension endings for the last lesson, you already know the masculine and neuter Active forms. The feminine Active forms all use -ουσα and follow the "mixed" α/η 1st-declension pattern like δοξα (Lesson 3 Section 18.). The Middle/Passive forms all end with -μεν and use 1st (feminine) and 2nd Declension (masculine and neuter) endings.

125. Read this important section. Participles are everywhere in the New Testament, and learning their forms, meanings and uses is extremely important. Also read the section on Participles in the Greek New Testament Insert, pp. 30-37, both this week and for the next two weeks when we discuss Aorist and Perfect Participles and the grammatical significance and uses of Participles.

127. Memorize the Present Participle of ειμι. Note that it's simply the endings from section 123. (Present Active Participle), with a smooth breathing mark and the accent on the first syllable (except for the feminine plural genitive).

128. Do all the Exercises. Spend time each day learning the Lesson grammar and your new vocabulary, and then do all or most of the Exercises, for that is where all the learning and application takes place.

We'll again continue our reading with Κατα Ιωαννην The Gospel According to John, 1:35, since we did not do any reading from John on October 20.

Class Notes: October 13, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 17: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

115. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words.

117., 118., and 119. Read and learn these Sections and these 3rd Declension endings. You will learn a few more 3rd Declension endings in Lesson 25. The page I handed out in class on "Third Declension Helps" can be downloaded and printed from the link in the sidebar.

120. Do all the Exercises and check your answers. If time gets away from you, do at least every other Exercise, and if time really gets away from you, don't worry about the English to Greek translations.

We'll continue our reading with Κατα Ιωαννην The Gospel According to John, 1:35.

Class Notes: October 6, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 16: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

107. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words, including the extra words. Note that many of this Lesson's words are not new words, just new forms (Principal Part) for words you already know.

Two "extra" words I forgot to write on the board in class:

• αρα - "therefore, consequently"
  NOTE THE ACCENT - i.e., an acute accent on the penult. The same word with a circumflex accent on the penult is an interrogative and is used in direct questions. There is also a form with an acute accent on the ultima, and it's a noun meaning "a wish or prayer" (or "a curse").
• αποκαλυπτω - "I reveal, unveil"

LXX/NT vocabulary:

• ηξει is in the word list, but the lexical form is ηχω = "I have come" (translated as a Perfect)
• ισχυω = "I am strong" is the lexical form for ισχυσατε and ισχυσεν

109., 111., and 112. Memorize the paradigms for the Aorist and Future Passive Indicatives, and the Aorist Passive Infinitive.

110. 2nd Aorist Passives differ from 1st Aorist Passives by not having a θ in the tense suffix (tense formative).

113. Study these Aorist Passive forms.

114. Do all the Exercises and check your answers. If time gets away from you, do at least every other Exercise, and if time really gets away from you, don't worry about the English to Greek translations.

Again, memorize the Present Active Participle forms, as shown on the Present Active Participle Chart in the Sidebar, noting the 3rd Declension endings as shown in the Chart. I also gave you a copy of the chart at class September 22.

We'll continue our reading with Κατα Ιωαννην The Gospel According to John, 1:19.

Class Notes: September 29, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 15: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

97. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words, including the extra words, as well as for audio files of the vocabulary. Several of these vocabulary words are "irregular" Perfects - i.e., the Perfect forms of these verbs involve stem changes and not just consonant reduplication and κα endings.

γεγονα is an example of a 2nd Perfect. The main difference between 1st and 2nd Perfects is that 2nd Perfects lack the κ in the Active endings.

Compare

λελυκα, λελυκας, λελυκε(ν), λελυκαμεν, λελυκατε, λελυκασι(ν)/-καν

with

γεγονα, γεγονας, γεγονε(ν), γεγοναμεν, γεγονατε, γεγονασι(ν)/-αν

99. Read this, as well as the section on the Perfect Tense in the Greek New Testament Insert (pp. 29-30).

100., 101., and 102. Memorize the paradigms for the Perfect Active, Perfect Middle/Passive, and Perfect Infinitive (Active and Passive).

103. Read this carefully so you'll understand the variations from the regular formation of the Perfect Tense. Note that the letter ζ is considered a "double consonant" (some Greek grammars give its pronunciation as "dz" or "zd"). As the book points out, an ε at the beginning of such words serves as a form of "reduplication." Do not confuse such Perfects with Aorists or Imperfects that have an ε augment.

104. Learn the Pluperfect Active paradigm. Note the ει in the endings. Sometimes the ε augment is missing.

105. Study these Perfect forms.

106. Do all the Exercises and check your answers. These will give you practice with the Perfect Tense. See the Sidebar for Exercises Answers.

Again, memorize the Present Active Participle forms, as shown on the Present Active Participle Chart in the Sidebar, noting the 3rd Declension endings as shown in the Chart. I also gave you a copy of the chart at class September 22.

We may start the Gospel of John, as you've now learned a lot of the forms (imperfects, aorists) that would have made it too difficult before. For those of you who missed the class, we read through The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. A link for this is in the sidebar.