[B-Greek] Conjugating Verbs
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 12 18:02:22 EDT 2009
Hi David,
In real Greek, the personal pronouns are only included for emphasis,
but an argument can be made to include them when learning and
practicing verb paradigms. Christophe Rico, who does not like
paradigms in the first place, does this in his book, because, I
guess, he wants to teach Greek more as a living language and less as a
series of charts. I think it is a good idea to internalize these
pronouns as early as possible, because for some reason
even non-beginners tend to confuse hHMEIS and hUMEIS.
Rico also includes EGW for comic effect. In one of his
dialogues, a boy agrees with his father: TO AUTO LEGW EGW.
which, if you pronounce omicron like omega, is funnier in Greek
than in English or French.
Mark L
Φωσφορος
FWSFOROS MARKOS
--- On Sat, 9/12/09, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:
From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] Conjugating Verbs
To: "B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:15 PM
Forwaraded for: "David McCarley" <Opv at knology.net>
Date: September 12, 2009 1:34:39 PM EDT
To: "Greek Language" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Conjugating Verbs
Reply-To: <Opv at knology.net>
Bear in mind that I am new to the study of Greek. I have only been
studying Greek grammar for about two weeks or so. I am confused as to
whether and when it is appropriate to include the word ejgw' when
conjugating verbs. I have read some resources that say the "I" is
presumed if absent from some verbs, and I've read others who
(sometimes at least) include the word for "I" with those save verbs.
For example,
βλέπω [BLEPW] or ἐγὼ βλέπω [EGW BLEPW]
λέγω [LEGW] or ἐγὼ λέγψ [EGW LEGW]
Is it always proper to omit the ejgw ' and, if not, when it is proper
or normal to exclude the term?
Thanks
David McCarley
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