[B-Greek] Semantic Features and Rhetorical Use of the Greek Perfect

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Tue Mar 9 05:38:05 EST 2010


On the present significance of the PARAKEIMENOS (aka perfect)
here is how we explain it:

If someone says "Johnny HMESE SHMERON" then we know that
Johnny vomited earlier today. Simple, without extra implication.
If someone says "Johnny EMHMEKE SHMERON"
then we assume that Johnny may still be sick or that there
is still something to clean up.

There is a present implication to be interpreted.

And one should probably include this in one's 200 basic irregular
verbs. Every three-year-old would know it.

ERRWSQE
Randall Buth

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