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- September 12th, 2025, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from California
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14901
Re: Hello from California
Has anyone else faced this problem? How did you train yourself to think in Greek rather than constantly falling back on English? Are there any tips, exercises, or habits that helped you make the shift? Everybody faces this problem in a new language. It takes time, so be patient with yourself. Livin...
- September 6th, 2025, 9:54 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 45324
Re: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?
You are absolutely right about the distinction between learning vocabulary and learning grammar in Greek. I was wondering: in your experience, at what stage of learning should learners focus more on grammar (morphology) than vocabulary? And is there a method to make lemma recognition more natural? ...
- September 5th, 2025, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Struggling with John 3:8 phrase
- Replies: 3
- Views: 107731
Re: Struggling with John 3:8 phrase
Ah, of course. That slipped me by.Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: ↑September 5th, 2025, 3:17 pm I believe it's the word order which is confusing here.
- September 5th, 2025, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Struggling with John 3:8 phrase
- Replies: 3
- Views: 107731
Re: Struggling with John 3:8 phrase
Hi everyone, my name is George and I’m new here. I’ve been trying to read through the Gospel of John in Greek, but I got stuck on a line in 3:8 - τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ. I understand the basic words (“the spirit/wind blows where it wants”), but I don’t really get how ὅπου θέλει fits with πνεῖ. T...
- September 5th, 2025, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29842
Re: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
What stands out to me is the use of the genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν paired with its subject ἡμᾶς in the accusative. Normally, I would expect the subject of the infinitive to agree in case with the construction, but here it seems to stand in accusative after the genitive article. Yes,...
- September 5th, 2025, 11:35 am
- Forum: Word Meanings
- Topic: Translating Biblical insults without losing power
- Replies: 2
- Views: 99994
Re: Translating Biblical insults without losing power
Insults are one of the hardest things to translate. Language changes, emotions run strong, and it’s easy to get it wrong. What shocked a first-century audience may sound mild today, and what stings us today may not have landed the same way back then. On top of that, we aren’t always sure of every nu...
- August 28th, 2025, 6:34 pm
- Forum: Cool Stuff
- Topic: Good Use of AI: Classics for NT folk
- Replies: 0
- Views: 122480
Good Use of AI: Classics for NT folk
I was missing part of this sentence from the Nichomachean Ethics, so I asked GPT to explain this to someone who knows NT Greek but hasn't read much Classical Greek. Here's what I asked: I'm better at NT greek than this ;-> help me understand each phrase. Here's what it gave me - I'll have to try thi...
- August 10th, 2025, 2:03 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 45324
Re: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?
Welcome to B-Greek! How many words are in your post? I think there are three answers: 1. The post contains 312 words. 2. It contains 164 distinct inflected forms - the definition you seem to be using. 3. It contains about 148 headwords (this is approximate) So how many words are there in the Greek N...
- August 4th, 2025, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
- Topic: Gabriel Wyner's 625 list for Koine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 54739
Re: Gabriel Wyner's 625 list for Koine
Hi David,davidbester wrote: ↑July 30th, 2025, 3:50 am I have the list in excel and PDF, I'm just struggling to upload it.
Perhaps you could put it into a Google spreadsheet and post a link to it here?
Jonathan
- July 12th, 2025, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Koine Greek audio
- Replies: 2
- Views: 92301
Re: Koine Greek audio
Searching for a unique koine Greek audio new testament since I drive for a living. Preference of medium speed and intermediate level, (not too slow or too fast). Does anybody have a preferred narrator of new testament in koine Greek for best comprehension? Do you have YouVersion on your phone? If y...