NT 500 Greek I Session 2

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NT 500Greek I- Session 2

• Using the texts of Dr. Bill Mounce

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Greek Alphabet

• a b g d e z h q i
• k l m n x o p r s(V)
• t u f c y w

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Greek Alphabet- Transliteration

• a b g d e z h q i
• a b g d e z e th i
• k l m n x o p r s(V)
• k l m n x o p r s
• t u f c y w
• t u/y ph ch ps o

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Greek Alphabet- Pronunciation

• a b g d e z h q i
• a(father) b g d e(met) z ey(obey) th i(thing)
• k l m n x o p r s(V)
• k l m n x(ax) o(not) p r s
• t u f c y w
• t u/y ph/f ch/k ps(lips) o(tone)

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Greek Alphabet- Special Pronunciation- Gamma
Nasal

• gg
• BUT
• ggng sound
• also
• gg, gk, gx, gz ng sound

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Greek Alphabet- Special Pronunciation- Gamma
Nasal-1st Vocabulary Word

• aggeloV angelos
• Messenger/Angel

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Greek Alphabet- 7 Vowels

• a e h i o u w

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Greek Alphabet- 7 Vowels (according to class)

• a e h i o u w
• A E E I O U O

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Greek Alphabet- Breathing marks

• Every Greek word beginning with a vowel or a r
  must have a breathing mark.
• There are two breathing marks.

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Greek Alphabet- Breathing marks

• j- Smooth breathing mark
• Placed over first vowel and not pronounced
• J- Rough breathing mark
• Placed over first vowel (and first r) and gives
  an h sound to the word

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Greek Alphabet- Breathing marks

• Example
• uJper hu-per
• ajpovstoloV a-pos-to-los

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Greek Alphabet- Diphthongs

• A Diphthong consists of two vowels that produce
  one sound
• The second vowel is always an i or an u.
• ai ei oi au ou ui eu hu

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Diphthongs- Pronunciation 1

• ai ai as in aisle airw
• ei ei as in eight eij
• oi oi as in oil oijkiva
• au au as in sauerkraut aujtovV

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Diphthongs- Pronunciation 2

• ou ou as in soup oujdev
• ui ui as in suite uiJoV
• eu/hu eu as in feud
• eujquvV / huzanen

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Diphthongs- Improper Diphthong

• A vowel and an iota subscript
• No effect on pronunciation
• Great effect on translation
• a/ wra/
• h/ grafh/
• w/ lovgw/

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Diphthongs- Misc. 1

• If a word begins with a diphthong, the breathing
  mark goes over the second vowel of the diphthong
• aijtevw

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Diphthongs- Misc. 2

• If a capitalized word begins with a diphthong,
  the breathing mark still goes over the second
  vowel of the diphthong
• Aijtevw

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Diphthongs- Misc. 3

• If the word begins with two vowels, the vowels do
  not form a diphthong, and the first vowel is
  capital, the breathing mark comes BEFORE the
  first vowel
• jIhsouV

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Greek Punctuation Marks

• , Comma
• . Period
• . (above line) Semicolon
• Question mark

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Greek Diacritical Marks

• Diaeresis- When two vowels come together and they
  do not form a diphthong, they are marked with a
  diaeresis which is placed over the second vowel
• jHsaivaV

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Greek Diacritical Marks 2

• Apostrophe - When a preposition ends in a vowel
  AND the following word begins with a vowel, the
  final vowel of the preposition is dropped and an
  apostrophe is placed where the vowel was dropped

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Greek Diacritical Marks 3

• There are three accent marks in Greek
• They serve primarily as stress marks
• They did have some pitch value although that has
  been lost
• Acute- v
• Grave-
• Circumflex-

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Greek Syllabification

• One vowel per syllable-
• aj kh kov men
• mar tu rou men
• A single consonant goes with the following vowel
• eJ w ra ka men
• eJ qe a sav me qa

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Greek Syllabification 2

• Two consecutive vowels that do not form a
  diphthong are divided
• eJ qe a sav me qa
• jH sa iv aV

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Greek Syllabification 3

• A consonant cluster that can NOT be pronounced
  together is divided and the first consonant goes
  with the preceding word
• em pro sqen
• ajr chV

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Greek Syllabification 4

• A consonant cluster that can be pronounced
  together goes with the following vowel
• Cri stovV
• gra fhv
• e qne sin
• pneu ma

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Greek Syllabification 5

• Double consonants are divided
• aj pag gevl lo men
• par rn siv a
• Compound words are divided where joined
• ajn ti cri stovV
• ejk bavl lw

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Assignment for Thursday

• Read over chapters 5 6
• Practice writing your alphabet
• Practice singing your alphabet song
• Memorize Vocabulary words