[B-Greek] Master Case Ending Chart (MCEC) or Old Fashion Way??
Randall Buth
randallbuth at gmail.com
Sun Jul 5 15:35:21 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
mitch egrapse
> 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
. . .
> 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
> [simple chart] Chart way?
. . .
Actually, the simple chart is the old-fashioned way. Take a look at
Machen.
This is a pedagogy question that goes beyond the two options listed,
beyond the choices of 'old fashioned way' versus 'simple chart'.
Language use in an understandable context is the best way to
internalize pieces of a language. Charts of real words and extracted
morphemes are always useful, but are not the medium of acquisition.
Randall
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