[B-Greek] Master Case Ending Chart (MCEC) or Old Fashion Way??
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 5 12:11:06 EDT 2009
In Mounce's BBG, he gives what appears to me to be a somewhat cryptic chart of case endings.
Here is how I learned LOGOS many, many years ago:
LOGOS --> OS
LOGOU --> OU
LOGWi --> Wi
LOGON --> ON
LOGOI --> OI
LOGWN --> WN
LOGOIS -> OIS
LOGOUS -> OUS
Mounce suggests memorizing his MCEC; here's a portion of that chart:
First/Second Declension
Masc Fem Neut
S - N
U S U
I I I
N N N
My question may be rather obvious now that both charts have been given. Which way do you feel is the best way to memorize case endings, with the whole word (LOGOS, LOGOU, LOGWi, LOGON) or just with a letter or two (S, U, I, N)?
I guess one should use whatever method works best personally, but I am wondering if others find Mounce's chart a bit harder to master than the old way of learning case endings by memorizing the whole word (LOGOS, LOGOU... rather than S, U...). Dr. Conrad and Buth, did/do you teach the old fashion way or something closer to the Mounce Chart way?
One of the problems to me with this chart by Mounce is that one might get confused by looking at the letter-endings of some Greek words in a sentence, without realizing whether or not they are looking at a noun, verb, participle, etc. What does a Mounce student do when he sees LELUKASI or LUOMAI? He sees an -I but does he know he's looking at a verb and not a noun? He could be looking at an Aorist Infinitive, etc.
Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas
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