Salt Lake Bible College                     Beginning Greek Workbook (Lesson Three) by Dr. T.E. VanBuskirk

 

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LESSON THREE

Present Active Indicative

 

      The Greek verb has tense, voice, and mood.

Present tense refers to present time.

     Active voice represents the subject as acting instead of being acted upon.

Indicative mood makes an assertion, in distinction, for example, from a command or a wish.

 

(Make sure you memorize the material for a closed book test.)

 

Present, active, indicative of the verb luw

     The present, active, indicative of the verb luw, I loose, is as follows:

        NOTE:  The word "thou" means "you" singular and the word "ye" means "you" plural.

 

 

Pronunciation guide for luw

1. Click on the Greek word in the chart and you will hear the pronunciation of the word.
2. Pronounce the word aloud 5 times after you hear the pronunciation.
3. Click the pronunciation again to make sure you are pronouncing it right.

Did you pronounce all of the words aloud as you did this exercise?

yes no

 

Practice Exercise:

Using the definition chart below, say each Greek word and it's English definition 10 times each- aloud.  If you do not remember how to pronounce the Greek word, then click the Greek word on the definition chart and listen to the pronunciation again.  Then practice saying that pronunciation aloud 5 times before continuing with the word and it's definition.

Example:  You will say "loo'-oh (luw), I loose, or I am loosing."

Then you will say "loo'-ace (lueiV), thou loosest, or thou art loosing."

 

Then work your way right on through both the Singular forms and the Plural forms. 

 

Did you pronounce all of the words and definitions aloud as you did this exercise?

yes no

 

 

 

ENDINGS

 

In Greek, first person (person speaking), second person (person spoken to), third person (person spoken of), are indicated by the endings.

  

Also, in Greek, singular and plural numbers are indicated by the ending. Thus no pronoun is necessary to translate we loose into Greek; the we is sufficiently indicated by the ending -omen.

 

Practice Exercise:
Read the entire chart aloud this way:

   "First, second, and third person singular is- w (oh), eiV (ace), ei (aye)"

   "First, second, and third person plural is- omen (ah-men), ete (et-teh), ousi (oo-see)"

Repeat the entire exercise aloud 5 times through for the singular and 5 times for the plural.

Practice Exercise:

  Now repeat the following phrase 10 times aloud.  The English pronunciation is included for you so you will know how to pronounce the Greek endings.
   w (oh), eiV (ace), ei (aye) , omen (ah-men), ete (et-teh), ousi (oo-see)"

 

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Vocabulary 1
   Now memorize the following vocabulary list.

Practice Exercise

   Click on the Greek word to hear the pronunciation and then say the word and its English definition aloud 5 times. These 5 repeats of each of the Greek words and their English definitions constitute one turn through the list. Then click on the same pronunciation again to make sure you pronounced the word correctly.
After that, you may begin your next turn through this vocabulary list.
   Repeat this exercise 5 times.

 

 

 

 

 

The Stem

 

The stem is the part of the verb which remains constant throughout the conjugation.

The present stem of a verb can be obtained by removing the final w from the form given

    in the vocabulary.

 

 

 

 

 

Practice exercise:

You are required to say all words and phrases aloud as you do the exercise.

Do the entire exercise 2 times.  You may refer to the previous charts.

Example:  You would say aloud, "1st person singular of ek is ekw" if ekw is the answer you are going to choose.

 

 

Now scroll down for further instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice exercise:

Do the entire exercise 2 times.  You may not use any study aids or notes.  The exercise must be done from memory alone.

You are required to say all words and phrases aloud as you do the exercise.

After you have done the exercise 2 times, then you may go on to the next section when you can do the entire exercise again without referring to the previous charts and without making any mistakes.

Example:  You would say aloud, "1st person singular of ek is ekw," (if ekw is the answer you are going to choose) and then click on that answer.

 

After the required two times through the chart, go through the chart again and when you can complete the entire exercise from memory alone and without making any mistakes, then you may continue to the next section.

 

 

PRESENT TENSE DISTINCTION

  Although in the English there is a distinction between "I loose," which is present time, and "I am loosing," indicating a continuance of the action into the future, in the Greek there is no such distinction.  Therefore, luw is to be used for both present action and continuance of action.

 

SECOND PERSON SINGULAR AND PLURAL

  The word "you" in English may be either singular or plural in the second person. Thus it may be translated as either lueiV or luete being mindful of the context which may plainly indicate singular or plural, in which case the appropriate Greek word would be chosen as so indicated by that context.

  In the translation exercises which will be found throughout the rest of these lessons, if singular or plural is desired, then the terms thou, singular, or ye, plural, will be used in the English sentence to be translated.

 

 

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END OF LESSON THREE

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