[B-Greek] circumflex falls on H of the verb APHLQEN
R Yochanan Bitan Buth
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Mon May 24 05:55:15 EDT 2004
DAUID
CAI'REIN
Good observation on APH~LQEN. It helps to learn the words so that this is
heard automatically.
Why APH~LQEN?
The first and best answer is "because that's the way the Greeks do it".
(Universal Grammar Rule number 1 and the way that all children learn a
language)
The second answer is that verb accent does not retreat past the augment.
(thus, A'PELQE "go away!" is correct because the imperative does not have an
augment.
ELQE' "come!" is also correct because of Universal Grammar Rule number one)
The third answer is that an accented long vowel followed by a short final
vowel will be
RH~MA PROPERISPW'MENON (verb being circumflexed on penult)
E'RRWSO
Randall Buth
Randall Buth, PhD
Director, Biblical Language Center
www.biblicalulpan.org
and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel
Hebrew University, Rothberg International School
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
>
>A circumflex falls on H of the verb APHLQEN.
>Could anyone tell me why not fall on the A of the
>verb according to the general rules of accent?
>thanks a lot.
>
>David Lew
>China
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