Greek I

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Greek I

• Contract Verbs
• (Chapter 17)

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Exegetical Insight 1 Thessalonians 11-2

• Pau/loj kai. Silouano.j kai. Timo,qeoj
• Paul and Silas and Timothy
• th/ evkklhsi,a Qessalonike,wn
• to the church of the Thessalonians
• evn qew/ patri. kai. kuri,w VIhsou/
  Cristw/(
• in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
• ca,rij umi/n kai. eivrh,nhÅ Euvcaristou/men
  tw/ qew/
• grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God
• pa,ntote peri. pa,ntwn umw/n
• always concerning all of you
• mnei,an poiou,menoi evpi. tw/n proseucw/n
  hmw/n(
• making mention in our prayers

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Overview of this Lesson

• In this lesson we will learn
• that verb stems ending in a, e, or o contract
  when they add connecting vowels and personal
  endings. Such verbs are called contract verbs.
• eight rules governing the contraction of vowels.

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Introduction

• Verbs whose stems end in alpha, epsilon, or
  omicron are called contract verbs. The final
  vowel of the stem is called the contract vowel.
• The stem of avgapa,w is agapa.
• Contract verbs follow the same rules as the other
  verbs in their various forms. The difference is
  that when their final stem vowel comes in contact
  with the connecting vowel, the two vowels
  contract, thus forming a different vowel or
  dipthong.
• poie omen poiou/men
• Contract verbs are categorized by their final
  stem vowel each category is consistent in the
  way it forms its endings.

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Contractions

• Why do we need to know about these? Primarily in
  order to recognize the lexical form (and thus the
  meaning) of a verb that has undergone a
  contraction.
• We will meet contractions only in two tenses, the
  present and the imperfect. In the other tenses,
  the connecting vowel lengthens and there is no
  contraction.

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Eight Rules for Contraction
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Eight Rules for Contraction
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Eight Rules for Contraction

• The lexical form of contract verbs will include
  the contract vowel (e.g., avgapa,w). However,
  when the first person singular form occurs in the
  text, it will have contracted (avgapw/).

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Eight Rules for Contraction

• If the alpha is first, they form a long alpha.
  If the epsilon is first, they form an eta (which
  is a lengthened epsilon).

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Eight Rules for Contraction
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Eight Rules for Contraction

• What happens with a dipthong depends upon whether
  the contract vowel and the first vowel of the
  dipthong are the same or different.

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Eight Rules for Contraction

• Contract verbs contract with the actual personal
  endings of the present active indicative.
• There is a complete chart of possible
  contractions in the appendix, p. 340.

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Paradigms for Contract VerbsPresent Active
Indicative
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For Next Week

• Vocab quiz from chapter 17.
• Workbook Exercise 17.
• Read chapter 18 on Present Middle/Passive
  Indicative, pp. 147-154.