Week 11: New Words

 

Day 1: New word: the verb "to be" also known as "I am"

• εἰμί
• Pronounced like this: i (long i)-me
• It looks like this when parsed in Present Active Indicative:

PIA	singular	plural
first person	εἰμίI am	ἐσμένwe are
second person	εἶyou (singular) are	ἐστέyou (plural) are
third person	ἐστί(ν)he/she/it is	εἰσί(ν)they are
	infinitive =>	εἶναιto be

Day 2: New word: I take, receive

• λαμβάνω
• Pronounced like this: (this first letter is a lowercase "L"): lam (short a as in "ah")-ba (short a)-no
• It will be parsed with the normal Present Active Indicative endings (see #7 below)
• This verb can mean take or receive. You will be able to tell which one from the context of the sentence (the best meaning of the sentence).

Day 3: New word: I hear

• ἀκούω
• Pronounced like this: a (short a)-coo (as in "cool")-o (long o)
• It will be parsed with the normal Present Active Indicative endings (see #7 below)

Day 4: New word: father

• πατήρ, ὁ
• Pronounced like this: pa (short a as in "ah")-tar (as in you "tear" a piece of paper in half)
• Notice that it is masculine because it has a masculine definite article

Day 5: New word: day

• ἡμέρα, ἡ
• Pronounced like this: hay-me (as in "Mary")-ra (as in "rush")
• Notice that it is feminine because it has a feminine definite article

Day 6: Weekly Exercises

1. ἀκούω Θεός.
2. ἀκούομεν Θεός.
3. εἰμί Ἰησοῦς.
4. ἐστί Ἰησοῦς.
5. ἀκούω Θεός καί ὁ δοῦλος.
6. εἶ ὁ πατήρ.
7. εἶ πατήρ.
8. λαμβάνετε ὁ ἰχθύς.
9. Spell: λαμβανετε
10. Spell: ακουω

Answers

1. I hear God.
2. We hear God.
3. I am Jesus.
4. He is Jesus.
5. I hear God and the servant.
6. You (singular) are the father.
7. You (singular) are a father.
8. You (plural) take (or receive) the fish.
9. lambda-alpha-mu-beta-alpha-vu-epsilon-tau-epsilon
10. alpha-kappa-omicron-upsilon-omega

What you have learned so far

1. Alphabet

Greek small	Greek capital	English
α	Α	alpha	short a
β	Β	beta	b
γ	Γ	gamma	g
δ	Δ	delta	d
ε	Ε	epsilon	short e
ζ	Ζ	zeta	z
η	Η	eta	ay
θ	Θ	theta	th
ι	Ι	iota	i/ee
κ	Κ	kappa	k
λ	Λ	lambda	l
μ	Μ	mu	m
ν	Ν	nu	n
ξ	Ξ	xi	x
ο	Ο	omicron	o
π	Π	pi	p
ρ	Ρ	rho	r
σ ς	Σ	sigma	s
τ	Τ	tau	t
υ	Υ	upsilon	u
φ	Φ	phi	ph
χ	Χ	chi	ch
ψ	Ψ	psi	ps
ω	Ω	omega	long o

2. Breathing marks and "h" sound: week 2

3. Accents: week 2

4. Diphthongs from letters we have covered so far:

• ει οι ου υι
• You can memorize them if you want. Or you can wait and I will tell you if each new word has a diphthong or not.

5. Definite article

• ὁ This is the masculine definite article and will be in front of masculine nouns.
• ἡ This is the feminine definite article and will be in front of feminine nouns.
• τό This is the neuter definite article and will be in front of neuter nouns.

6. "A"

• Greek does not have a word for "a."

7. Present Active Indicative endings

PIA	singular	plural
first person	ἔχωI have I am having	ἔχομενwe have we are having
second person	ἔχειςyou (singular) have you are having	ἔχετεyou (plural) have you are having
third person	ἔχειhe/she/it has he/she/it is having	ἔχουσι(ν)they have they are having
	infinitive =>	ἔχεινto have

8. Present active indicative of εἰμί.

PIA	singular	plural
first person	εἰμίI am	ἐσμένwe are
second person	εἶyou (singular) are	ἐστέyou (plural) are
third person	ἐστί(ν)he/she/it is	εἰσί(ν)they are
	infinitive =>	εἶναιto be

Vocabulary (this will always be in alphabetical order)

ἀδελφός, ὁ	brother
ἄγγελος, ὁ	messenger, angel
ἀκούω	I hear
ἄνθρωπος, ὁ	man/human/person/human being
δοῦλος, ὁ	servant/slave
εἰμί	I am
ἔχω	I have
ἤ	or
ἡμέρα, ἡ	day
θεός, ὁ	God
Ἰησοῦς	Jesus
ἰχθύς, ὁ	fish
καί	and
καρπός, ὁ	fruit
κρίνω	I judge
λαμβάνω	I take, receive
λέγω	I say or I speak
λόγος, ὁ	word
οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ	not before a consonant, before smooth breathing, before rough breathing
πατήρ, ὁ	father
σωτήρ	savior
υἱός, ὁ	son
Χριστός, ὁ	Christ