[B-Greek] Help with word order in sentences

Meridian Church of God meridianchurch at qwest.net
Mon Aug 23 01:19:51 EDT 2004


In my first year of Greek (I took in college), we did a lot with putting
kernels together and also with diagramming sentences.  With some sentences,
the diagram would take up most of a page of paper.  But, we learned to put
in order and avoid little mistakes that can throw a translation completely
off.  After time, it begins to be instinctive and you don't need to diagram
anymore, but I'll tell you my first year would have been a lot harder
without it.

In teaching a first year Greek course, in Idaho, filling out a kernel chart,
and later, diagramming the sentence, is part of the quizzes/tests.  It helps
me know where a mistake is made and helps the students catch there mistakes
before they turn in their tests/quizzes.

I would highly recommend it.  It is a little more time consuming, but it is
well worth it.  Many basic English grammar books should discuss diagramming.
If you need more (I have resources I use in teaching available) info about
it, email me back.  I'd be glad to help if I can.

Pastor Shawn Ragan
Meridian Church of God
"Building Stronger Families"

shawn at meridianchurch.org
http://meridianchurch.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JMonte2000 at aol.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Help with word order in sentences


> Hi
>     I am also a first year GNT student, I've been acing  my test, thank
God.
> But one problem I have is after I do the literal  translation, word for
word,
> I have a terrible time putting it into an English  sentence. The smaller
> sentences up to seven words, I am better at, but as soon  as I get the 15
word
> sentence it looks like a puzzle that does not fit together.  There are
four of us,
> its funny the guy who is doing the worst puts the  sentences together much
> easier then I can. I am 40% through Mounce's book. Does  it get easier as
time
> goes on the more you do it, and also can someone help me  out a bit on
what to
> do. We don't have a teacher, it's just the four of us going  through the
book
> helping each other.
> Jimmy Montesano
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