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I've been (very slowly) trying to learn my Greek, but it's difficult to check how accurate I am at translating stuff from the book. Could one of you kind Greek speakers take a look at this and see how close I am? Maybe fill in the blanks where i'm having trouble?
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The next bit you have a question mark for; τι καθευδεις μη ουτως αργος ισθι αλλα σπευδε would mean: Why are you sleeping [καθευδεις]? Do not be so [ουτως] lazy but rather hurry (or get a move on ![]() Quote:
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Again, I am impressed by your desire to learn (one of) the original languages. May this illness afflict more of us. (Is Athenaze the book you are using, perchance?) Ben. |
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Athenaze. Wow, is that familiar.
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Thanks for your help Ben!
Yes, it is the book i'm using. It would probably help to purchase the teacher's guide, but I can't find any copies for the second edition. ETA: My transcription of the last sentence there should have had αγρος, not αργος. I need to pay better attention. |
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![]() Athenaze was the textbook I was started on, too. The class went through both volumes before turning to other textbooks and actual student texts of ancient authors (Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides, Xenophon, Euripides, and others). I am not a big fan of that style of instruction, either, at least for ancient languages. Immersion is tops for living languages (and is how I learned Spanish). But for dead ones? Nevertheless, Athenaze at least had cumulative charts everywhere that one could consult from a grammatical point of view. Fortunately, my Greek (and Latin) professors, one and all, were huge on grammar and syntax; we students received a lot more information than what was in the textbook... and we all had Smyth in hand by our second year. Ben. |
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Another question...
The postpositive enclitic in: ο Δικαιοπολις ιδου φησιν λιθος μεγας το αροτρον εμποδιζει It translated as: Dicaeopolis says, "Look, the big rock is blocking the plow." Right? |
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Word up. Thanks brotha'.
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