[B-Greek] John 9.25c WN ARTI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 7 21:15:22 EDT 2007


More simply, the present participle can take the place of an  
imperfect as well as a present indicative. This is:

"That (though) I was blind, I now see."

On May 7, 2007, at 8:43 PM, Webb wrote:

> Others with more expertise in Greek will have other comments, but I  
> have
> this to contribute:
> "I know one thing: I'm a blind man, but now I [can] see!"
>
> The TUFLOS WN states the man's lifelong identity more than talking  
> about a
> condition conceived of as in the past.
>
> Webb Mealy
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mitch  
> Larramore
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> Subject: [B-Greek] John 9.25c WN ARTI
>
> John 9.25c
>
> hEN OIDA, hOTI TUFLOS WN ARTI BLEPW
>
> Why the Present WN next to the Adverb ARTI? (...being,
> I now...) Did Greek have a Secondary Tense EIMI
> participle? (I partly understand that Participles do
> not grammaticalize time, but this still seems like a
> strange usage.)
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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