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Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 35
Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 35
Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 35
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3. Tips: A) Prefixing epsilon (e) to a lexical morpheme makes the verb in the past
tense or past-time; B) It is helpful to refer to the morpheme by calling it what it
actually is, for example, the “past-time morpheme”, not just augment like some
grammars suggest; C) In terms of aspect, it is critical to remember that the
imperfective should generally be translated as showing progress (e.g. “I am
loosing” instead of “I loose”) so that when we move into different tenses where
the imperfective aspect is used, that process is more natural. E.g. the Imperfect
Active Indicative should be rendered “I was loosing”. This makes the translation
process a bit smoother and easier.