More on Participles and Time
Ron Fay
roncfay at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 18 22:55:42 EST 2002
Mark,
You said:
>There are only three aspects (stative, perfective, and imperfective).
>So, without a Future Participle, the Greeks had all the Aspects
>covered. The Perfect ptc is stative; the Aorist ptc is perfective,
>and the Present ptc is imperfective. Why the need for a Future
>Participle? (Besides, the aspect of any future tense verbal seems
>a bit elusive.)
There are three PRIMARY aspects, but the future actually gives the aspect of
expectation (assuming something will in fact happen in the future). One
this is understood, then a more complete picture emrges. In fact, there is
much more nuancing to VAT (Verbal Aspect Theory) for Greek, but those are
the three "main" categories. There are several subcategories and even
infinitives and participles carry aspectual tags.
- Ron Fay
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Ron Fay
Ph. D. student and New Testament Teaching Fellow
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Deerfield, IL.
roncfay at hotmail.com
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