roast your own plus questions on 'simple vocab'
Randall Buth
ButhFam at compuserve.com
Wed Dec 27 13:25:11 EST 2000
CAIRETE, I would like feedback on choosing well-formed Greek
for beginning students of Koine.
I'll start with a recent anecdote from the list:
egrapsen clay
>
>My favorite grammar is now Accordance. I like to roast my own. <
Nice coffee.
It could use some beans from more 1st century texts, though. Does it search
TLG?
Now to questions. They have the wonderful quality of leaving a sense of
uncertainty,
despite their simplicity and having worked with the language thirty years
in the other direction.
Are you happy with the following:
1.
'he is pouring water into a cup'
EIS POTHRION EGCUNNEI UDWR
(this verb EN-CEIN doesn't occur in NT and is in a Koine form with
-CUNNEI)
2.
'the cup of water' (referring to a cup of water currently full)
TO POTHRION TOU UDATOS
(the second article seems necessary but I have no exact examples)
3.
'she is tired' AUTH EKLUOMENH ESTIN
(a bit strong, 'giving out'/'fainting'/=exhausted but occurs in NT)
4.
kids (10-15years old) O PAIS, H PAIS and NEANISKOS, KORASION
5.
'full, satisfied' after eating= EMPEPLHSTAI, EMPEPLHSMENOI EISIN
(a close call, but perfect CORTASMENOS doesn't occur in NT)
6. 'is riding an animal' ELAUVEI IPPON/ONON//arma/k.t.l.
(literally 'drives' an animal, chosen for cars in modern)
7.
'seated on an animal' EPIBEBHTWS EPI IPPON/k.t.l.
(this EPIBAINEIN is close to 'riding'
but would seem to be used in conjunction with a verb of movement)
If any have resources, citations or advice on such common vocabulary
I would be much obliged.
And if you'd like to chew on more, I can send them your way.
Think of this as a follow up to what happens when people actually want to
communicate with this language. It's harder than one might think at first
glance, but I think it is doable and certainly worth the effort.
EUCARISTW UMIN
Randall Buth
Chair, Hebrew Language
Jerusalem University College
Buth at jerusalemschool.org
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