Recognition: 2d Aorist

Jonathan Robie jonathan at texcel.no
Tue Jul 7 15:57:43 EDT 1998


At 02:25 PM 7/7/98 -0400, Mary L B Pendergraft wrote:
>
>Do you know Marinone & Guala, _Tutti i Verbi Greci_?
>It identifies irregular forms and has useful paradigms; the biggest hurdle
>it presents is that the abbreviations for tense, mood, etc., are in Italian.

I have heard of it from time to time here, but I have never seen the book.
I decided to see how much it costs by consulting Amazon - and I found the
results somewhat amusing:

  We were unable to find exact matches for your search:
     the title starts "Tutti i Verbi Greci"


  Close matches for this search: 

  I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb; Hardcover 
  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou; Paperback 
  Woe Is I : The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in 
           Plain English - Patricia T. O'Conner; Hardcover 

Well, whether those are close matches is a matter of opinion, I guess.

>There are patterns among second aorists, as Stephen Carlson points out, but
>for me most of those make sense after I know them, rather offering help
>when I'm guessing what the present was.
 
What I'm really trying to do is write a section on the morphology of the
Aorists and Imperfect for Little Greek 101. Should I suggest that beginners
simply memorize the most common Second Aorists in the GNT? Or is there a
set of rules that are worthwhile for beginners to learn?

Jonathan
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