Greek Exam: D-44

Working on Aorist and Imperfect today (Ch 7 in Black's). I was looking at the chapters ahead and we are going to run straight in to Participles and Aorist middle/passive voice so I HAVE to know what's going on 🙁📚.

Greek Exam - ή-24

I seriously have very little idea about the things I am writing notes about. This is supposed to be a foundational course in Greek, with 12 lessons over 12 weeks, and in week 10 (now) we are supposed to understand the uses of infinitives and the five zillion incarnations of a participle?

Things I have actually learned in this course are limited to a few nouns, a few verbs, and a few adjectives.

Greek Exam: D-53

I did what I said I'd do - added imperfect forms to (some) of my vocab cards. I also tried to differentiate between Aorist 1st, Aorist 2nd and Imperfect using three kinds of green pen... But I don't think I was consistent enough, so that idea didn't work out so well.

Here's a fun fact: imperfect isn't just "I was learning" and "I was seeing" and "I was baptising", but has FOUR OTHER translations: began, kept, tried, used to.

E.g. Luke 23:34 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν· is often translated as And Jesus kept saying... to emphasise the repetitiveness of the action. But EXCUSE ME WHO DECIDED THIS? It could be one of the other options: "Jesus kept saying/began to say/used to say/was saying/tried to say

Greek Exam: ή - 38

Greek Exam: D-56

Working on adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declension... And my writing slowly became microscopic!

I still haven't learned all the adjectives listed in Ch 6, but the forms are becoming more familiar so I can translate part of the question as I read it.

Greek Exam: D-48

The harder this subject gets, the more determined I am to understand EVERYTHING. Today I tackled agency - specifically, the concept of intermediate agency. A good example of this concept is the understanding that the apostles themselves didn't heal/save people, but it was actually God. I think this has all kinds of implications for ministry/preaching that often goes unacknowledged.

This chapter on middle and passive voice took me about an hour to read/comprehend, and another hour to draw up a good set of notes.

Greek Exam: D-52

Prepositions.

The green and orange colours indicate that there are two (or more) Greek words for the same English word. E.g. άπό and παρά both mean "from".

This stuff would be so, so interesting, if only it weren't so dry. I spent time trying to come up with my own examples from the Bible (as opposed to the repetitive ones in the book which use the same noun for several examples -_- and does not aid memory).

Greek Exam: D-43

Studied prepositions today. I also made some headway on understanding Participles (yay!).

Today I went to Zambrero for lunch with a colleague, and I had an IQ Chikito with double beans, double black rice, guac and red chili sauce 😁🌶️. I love that their business model has philanthropy at its centre - every meal bought means that a meal is given to someone in need. Particularly, I think that partnering with Foodbank in Australia is SUPER IMPORTANT because there are so many Aussie families who struggle to feed their kids nourishing food because its so expensive. PLUS their burritos are delicious and cater for all kinds of dietary requirements ^_^ (vegans/lactose sensitive ppl - they have vegan cheese and vegan sour cream!!!)