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by Jonathan Robie
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...
by Jonathan Robie
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? ...
by Jonathan Robie
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

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: September 5th, 2025, 3:17 pm I believe it's the word order which is confusing here.
Ah, of course. That slipped me by.
by Jonathan Robie
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...
by Jonathan Robie
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,...
by Jonathan Robie
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...
by Jonathan Robie
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...
by Jonathan Robie
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...
by Jonathan Robie
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

davidbester wrote: July 30th, 2025, 3:50 am I have the list in excel and PDF, I'm just struggling to upload it.
Hi David,

Perhaps you could put it into a Google spreadsheet and post a link to it here?

Jonathan
by Jonathan Robie
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...

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