[B-Greek] Imperfect and Aorist Tense-Aspects
Randall Buth
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Fri Sep 15 13:05:31 EDT 2006
Elizabeth EGRAPSEN
>To understand what is going on here do we not need to look beyond the
tense form of "begin" and talk about tense sequence? The shift from
"Two riders were approaching" to "and the wind begin to howl" is a
fact of more significance than the simple use of an historical
present. The shift from past to historical present puts the speaker
into the action as it is taking place and makes for a lively
narrative, not just a report of some past event.
Greek examples of this are welcome if anyone is willing to supply one.
Elizabeth Kline>
Nice example. I don't remember the exact Hendrix words, people tend to
follow the other-worldly guitar.
Mark provides an interesting sample. He frequently uses narrative
presents within setting material throughout his gospel, plus intro
speech material. However, in Mark 15 he uses several narrative
presents when describing the crucifixion, which might make a better
parallel to the climactic effect of English "begin to howl".
ERRWSO
Randall Buth
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