[B-Greek] Question about tense stems and what they are.

JMonte2000 at aol.com JMonte2000 at aol.com
Thu Sep 16 23:00:53 EDT 2004


Hi all
    I have another question, (I can't wait for the day  I have some answers), 
I have just started verbs, five chapters, Bill Mounce  holds off on them for 
a while compared with your standard first year Greek  class'
Anyhow, I am up to chapter 20 my question is on tense stems, we have  
addressed so far the Present active tense stem, Future active tense stem.  The 
question is, say LU = loose, is this stem only used in certain tense forms,  like 
only the Present?
Bill uses what he calls the Master verb chart and in it under tense stems  
he'll say Present or Future active, aorist active, aorist passive, perfect  
active & perfect passive. Are there stems that are only in one category, say  
Present? Is there a list of all words that are Present active tense stems, or  
other tense stems? Or am I not understanding yet what makes up a tense stem, or  
what stem actually is? He just started verb roots and he said some roots  are 
the same as the stem, but for sure not all of them. Like LU, is the same  root 
as the present stem. Also EX, as in EXW = I have, hold this is also the  same 
stem and root = EX
 
Grace and  Peace to You, Jimmy Montesano



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