Lesson 1 | The Greek Verbal System
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Let’s see how you are absorbing the lesson’s content so far.
Section 1: Elements of Verb Form
As we progress into Greek verbs, our aim is that you will begin to intuitively recognize the most common verb forms. This will come with more and more practice and exposure. For now, see if you can identify the parts that make up the following verb forms from Matthew 5. (We don’t expect you to know what they mean or what the specific parsings are . . . yet.)
ἐδίδασκεν, “he was teaching” (Matt 5:2)
ἐ | δίδασκ | εν
ἐ is what part of the verb form?
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δίδασκ is what part of the verb form?
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εν is what part of the verb form?
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χορτασθήσονται, “they will be satisfied” (Matt 5:6)
χορτασ | θήσ | ονται
What part of the verb form is the aspect marker? (copy and paste from the text above)
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What part of the verb form is the stem? (copy and paste from the text above)
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What part of the verb form is the personal ending? (copy and paste from the text above)
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χαίρετε, “Rejoice!” (Matt 5:12)
χαίρ | ετε
χαίρ is what part of the verb form?
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ετε is what part of the verb form?
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Section 2: The Six Parts of Greek Verbs
Remember that Koine Greek verbs have six parts. Let’s test your understanding of the information carried by each part.
Check all the parts of Greek verbs
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The communicates a verb’s lexical meaning.
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Active, Middle, and Passive are possible options for what part of a verb?
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To say that a verb is plural is a reference to what part of the verb?
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The speaker is indicating that the action of this verb will happen. How a speaker portrays the verb’s relationship to reality is called the verb’s .
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The subject’s relationship to the verb’s action is called . (For example, a subject can receive the action of a verb.)
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The speaker portrays the action of this verb with a perfective aspect (as a complete whole). What part of the verb communicates aspect?
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Section 3: Verbal Aspect
Finally, let’s focus on the trickiest part: aspect.
What aspect is verb that describes the action as it is (or was) happening, from within?
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What aspect is a verb that focuses on the results from an action?
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What aspect is a verb that describes the complete action, from outside?
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He was running to the store. The verb “running” is an example of aspect.
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He ran to the store. The verb “ran” is an example of aspect.
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He had run to the store. The verb “had run” is an example of aspect.
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