[B-Greek] Introduction, Open Source Greek Audio Files.

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 29 10:44:38 EST 2006


Welcome to the list.  I must confess that when you posted previously I was a bit confused by your statement that you had studied at the Philadelphia Biblical Institute since the is another David Mckay (sp ?) from Oz who was on my mind.  If you want to listen to a reading of the GNT in a relatively modern Greek style, you might try www.greeklatinaudio.com.  Personally, I'm not too very concerned with pronunciation although many are.  Randall Buth considers it quite important in the acquisition of the language.  He may be right, but old habits die hard. Good luck in your studies.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: David Mackey <dmackey at dhq.nu>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:34:05 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Introduction, Open Source Greek Audio Files.


All,
    I just joined the group perhaps two days ago and only made one post. 
I appreciate those who have followed up privately with me to inform me 
concerning rules of etiquette and just to welcome me. I wanted to take a 
minute to introduce myself. My name is David Mackey, I am a beginner at 
Greek. I took one year of Greek at Philadelphia Biblical Univ. while 
completing my Bachelors there. I am currently employed as a Network 
Engineer, an entirely unrelated field. But I still desire to read the 
text in the original languages. Which brings me to the second topic 
mentioned in my subject. I tend to do studying by myself, which can help 
me accomplish more but also allows for a greater possibility of 
mispronunciation of new words (and in Greek, all words are new). I found 
during my studies that the pronunciation I would assume and the 
pronunciation of the word were oftentimes two very different things. I 
began searching for audio files that would allow me to learn the correct 
pronunciation of the words, sadly, I could not find any - except some 
older Bible software.
    After mentioning it on the VocabWorks email list I received an email 
from Prof. George Gunn of Shasta Bible College offering me several 
hundred of the most common words on MP3 as pronounced by him. I began 
chopping them up into WAVs and posting them online. I have completed 
nearly 200 words and have around 150 linked to on the website now. It is 
a continuing work that I hope many will utilize. I'd love to see vocab 
software with audio pronunciations as well as bible study software with 
the same pronunciations. I'd welcome you to take a gander at the site 
(http://www.dhq.nu/koinegreek/) and give me any feedback you may have.
Respectfully,
David Mackey.
(B.S. in Biblical Studies with an Emphasis on Pastoral Ministry, 
Philadelphia Biblical Univ.)
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