[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 5:8

Ann Nyland accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au
Fri Jan 16 03:46:28 EST 2004


True - I have found it necessary to teach grammatical gender to Greek
students in their first week.

Ann Nyland

----- Original Message -----
From: "lance w seevers" <lws39 at juno.com>
To: <accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Timothy 5:8


> Regarding your comment on biological gender:
> I am reading a book on the history of the English language and the author
> points to the "natural gender" as a difference and an advantage over
> European languages and their tendency to have grammatical gender as part
> of their language structures.
> Wouldn't it be the usual thing for people to read their own language
> structures into other languages as they are learning them? Of course, at
> some point in the learning process, if they really want to learn,
> students have to stop thinking according to their native language!
> walt seevers
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:39:42 +1100 "Ann Nyland"
> <accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au> writes:
> > Absolutely, Michael. And we Greeks sometimes forget that many
> > laypersons
> > (indeed, whole denominations) out there believe biological gender
> > matches
> > grammatical gender in Greek - they see masculine grammatical gender
> > and
> > think it must be a man - it must be hard for people who are used
> > only to the
> > English language.
> >
> > Ann Nyland
>
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