Greek Grammar

1. Discuss the development of Koine Greek as the lingua franca of Palestine.
2. List and name all Greek alphabets.
3. Parse any given Greek verb.
4. Decline any given Greek noun.
5. Explain the differences between the active and the passive voice in Greek.
6. Explain the Middle voice in the Greek language.
7. Explain the use of the personal pronoun in the Greek language.
8. Explain the differences between aspect and tense in English and Greek languages.

13 weeks, about 28 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1:

   • Unit 1: General Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek · 2 hours

     Read the unit introduction to understand the history of the Greek language and its significance in the New Testament.. Identify key figures who promoted the Greek language, such as Alexander the Great and Aristotle.. Explain the importance of Greek language to New Testament students..

2. Week 2Module 1:

   • Unit 2: The Alphabets and Preliminary Issues · 2 hours

     Memorize the Greek alphabets and their pronunciations.. Practice writing the Greek alphabets in both small and capital letters.. Explain the formation of the iota subscript and differentiate between smooth and rough breathing marks..

3. Week 3Module 1:

   • Unit 3: The Syllables and Accents · 2 hours

     Identify the number of syllables in given Greek words.. Learn the rules guiding the placement of accents in Greek words.. Practice translating Greek words to English and vice versa..

4. Week 4Module 1:

   • Unit 4: Verbs: Present Active Indicative · 2 hours

     Study the basic information about Greek verbs, including tense, voice, mood, person, and number.. Practice parsing verbs and writing them in all forms of the present active indicative.. Use the present active indicative to construct questions..

5. Week 5Module 1:

   • Unit 5: Nouns of the Second Declension · 2 hours

     Identify nouns of the second declension and parse them.. Write out the various forms of masculine and neuter nouns of the second declension.. Translate Greek sentences using nouns of the second declension..

6. Week 6Module 1:

   • Unit 6: Nouns of the First Declension · 2 hours

     Decline feminine nouns ending in ε and α.. Decline masculine nouns of the first declension.. List all the definite articles by gender, case, and number..

7. Week 7Module 1:

   • Unit 7: Adjectives of the First and Second Declension · 2 hours

     Decline adjectives of the first and second declension.. Understand the attributive, predicative, and substantive uses of adjectives.. Translate passages using adjectives correctly..

8. Week 8Module 2:

   • Unit 1: Prepositions · 2 hours

     List all Greek prepositions and their meanings.. Identify prepositions within Greek sentences.. Learn the forms of prepositions before vowels and apply elision rules..

9. Week 9Module 2:

   • Unit 2: Present Passive Indicative · 2 hours

     Identify and write the present passive indicative forms of Greek verbs.. Discuss the usages of the passive voice, including when the direct agent is indicated.. Translate sentences using the present passive indicative..

10. Week 10Module 2:

    • Unit 3: Present Middle Indicative · 2 hours

      Identify and write the present middle indicative forms of Greek verbs.. Discuss the usages of the middle voice, including reflexive, intensive, and reciprocal middle.. Translate sentences using the present middle indicative..

11. Week 11Module 2:

    • Unit 4: Personal Pronouns · 2 hours

      Decline the first, second, and third person personal pronouns.. Identify how personal pronouns are used in the Greek language.. Comment on the use of αὐηόο in the nominative position and determine the use of alternate pronoun forms..

12. Week 12Module 2:

    • Unit 5: Demonstrative Pronouns · 2 hours

      Identify the two types of demonstrative pronouns (near and remote).. Decline the demonstrative pronouns by case, gender, and number.. Translate sentences using demonstrative pronouns correctly..

    • Unit 6: Deponent Verbs and Present Infinitives · 2 hours

      Define deponent verbs and identify them.. Explain the formation of compound verbs.. Define the present infinitive and explain its formation and use in Greek..

13. Week 13Module 2:

    • Unit 7: Imperfect Active Indicative · 2 hours

      Identify verbs written in the imperfect active form.. Write all the imperfect indicative forms of εἰκί.. Discuss the use of the imperfect tense, including descriptive, iterative, and inceptive imperfect..