[B-Greek] A Question Of Form
Jason Hare
jason at hareplay.com
Tue Sep 23 15:03:50 EDT 2003
Barry,
Mounce says on page 237 of / The Morphology of Biblical Greek / (MBG) the
following in footnote number 8: "No ending is used in the nominative /
accusative singular, and the N drops off since it cannot stand at the end of
a Greek word (sect. 19.1)..."
However, in section 19.1 (p.32), he states: "Only vowels and certain
consonants (N R S X Y) can stand at the end of a word. If a word ends in any
other consonant, that consonant will be dropped..."
As a sidenote, Mounce says that Funk says that TI should be thought of as
the root of the word. Mounce himself seems to be confused about Funk's
comment, since he tries to clarify it (not successfully, IMO).
I don't know why it takes this form, but don't you just think that TI is
easier to say as a question than is TIN? It might be some kind of analogy. I
wonder what others think....
Jason Hare
Missouri Southern State College
Joplin, Missouri
student of language (Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, etc.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry W. Hickey" <bhickey at sun-spot.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] A Question Of Form
> Why does TIS take the form of TI in the nominative/accusative singular
when
> in the neuter? I expected it to be TIN. Am I totally off base or is
there
> something going on that I'm not aware of.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Barry W. Hickey
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