[B-Greek] Greek vs English participle
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Wed May 23 08:56:02 EDT 2007
Personally, I think it is because the participle can has such a wide variety of usage in Greek. It can act like a noun, an adjective, an adverb & verb and then it can do so in any mood. Secondly, when it is being used as an adverb it is very challenging sometimes to find the finite verb that it is linked too. Then when you've figured out which verb the participle belongs to you then have to decide whether or not it is antecedent time or contemporaneous, whether it is showing means or manner, cause or concession etc. I think it is the hardest part of Greek followed closely by the genitive.
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Kelton Graham
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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From: "Delbert Flora" <delbert.flora at hotmail.com>
> Why is it that participles are said to be difficult to master with Greek
> when English has participles? So far, the main thing I see is when a Greek
> participle is a substantive, English calls it a gerund.
>
> Kindly,
> Delbert Flora
>
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