This course will introduce you to the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax of the Greek New Testament. First, you will learn the sounds and symbols of the Greek alphabet. Then you will be guided through all the parts of speech, as the course surveys the conjugations and declensions and demonstrates how all the parts work together in phrases, clauses, and sentences. Frequent vocabulary lists, grammar exercises, and practice readings from the Greek New Testament are included to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
“Voice: In English we have two voices, active and passive. Greek has an additional voice called ‘middle.’” (source)
“We have three persons: first, second, third—m or o sounds for the first, s for the second, and t for the third.” (source)
“As a general tendency, Greek will attempt to avoid beginning a syllable with a vowel or placing two vowel sounds adjacent to each other without a consonant or a glide between them. So prepositions that end in a vowel will typically drop that final vowel if the following word also begins with a vowel. The dropped letter, or elision, is marked with an apostrophe. So, we find κατὰ γραφάς—notice γραφάς starts with a consonant, so [in] κατὰ, the final α can remain. Also I should note with prepositions, some prepositions are a single syllable, some are two, and if it does have two syllables, always accent the last syllable.” (source)
“The term ‘digraph’ comes from the Greek δυ- (‘two’) and γραφ- (‘write’). It refers to letters, written symbols, that are combined to represent various sounds.” (source)
“So that is the significant mark of the Byzantine system—that we have now six vowel types all having the same \ē\ sound.” (source)