[B-Greek] Greek Phrase Book
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 3 08:36:08 EDT 2010
Randall egrapsed
Hi, Randall,
<On the otherhand, there still remains the issue for those starting to
work on the language as to appropriate ways to speak and
especially for the first century.>
Q. How can you tell if someone is speaking Modern Ancient Greek in an
"appropriate" way?
A. His lips are moving.
<Students will need some help in evaluating the appropriateness of the
many varied suggestions.>
Not really. On thing alone is needed. To encourage students to use the
language. Usage will determine what is appropriate. Usage has always
determined what is appropriate in every language and always will. Students
should be told to stop focusing on the form of Ancient Greek and focus on the
meaning. Otherwise this nit-picking will drive us all crazy.
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
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From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
To: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 5:05:16 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Greek Phrase Book
There are a lot of colorful phrases for consideration in that list. Louis
and Carl are to be thanked for bringing an older contribution to a
newer generation. And Karl's control of German-English idiom is a nice
contribution all on its own.
On the otherhand, there still remains the issue for those starting to
work on the language as to appropriate ways to speak and
especially for the first century.
For example,
starting at the end of the list without a good reason, I notice
PAYE PAYE παυε παυε stop! stop!
There is nothing wrong with the Greek.
Though it would be more idiomatic to say
PAYOY (POIWN) or PAYSAI. παυου παυου (ποιων) η παυσαι παυσαι (αυτο)
Students will need some help in evaluating the appropriateness of the
many varied suggestions.
nevertheless, there is a lot of great stuff here.
EYXARISTW YΜΙΝ
ERRWSQE
Bwana Yoani
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Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
randallbuth at gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
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