All the Greek Verbs (Greek Language)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0715617729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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I love it! Amazon Customer When I first got this book, I couldn't figure it out! It seemed like a big puzzle to me! And there wasn't any English at all!! But after about the fourth try, I suddenly (duh!) saw how it works. The paradigms are in the front, and then, Oh Glorious Moment! I realized that I could look up any form of the verb and find out its origin. As anyone who studies Greek knows, some of the forms seem to have traveled a long distance from the original active, present tense. So sometimes it is hard to figure . I always recommend this to my Greek students As a classics professor, I always recommend that my Greek students buy this book, once they've progressed past the elementary grammar-stage and are actually trying to translate literature (or Scripture). In other words, this book is NOT for the student in the first, or even second, year of college-level Greek, but rather for the folks who are starting to read the unsimplified, original ancient texts. Initially, they usually find it of little use, but that's because they're still trying to figure . A Customer said An extremely useful book. I'm not sure some of the other reviewers have really understood the point of this book. If you come across a verbal form you can't recognise, you can look it up in this book and it will tell you what form of the verb it is (i.e. An extremely useful book I'm not sure some of the other reviewers have really understood the point of this book. If you come across a verbal form you can't recognise, you can look it up in this book and it will tell you what form of the verb it is (i.e. 3 person singular, future tense), as well as the present form of the verb. In other words, it takes out all the difficulty in identifying verbs because you don't have to re-form the present tense in your head - you just look the verb up straight! If you still don't know t. person singular, future tense), as well as the present form of the verb. In other words, it takes out all the difficulty in identifying verbs because you don't have to re-form the present tense in your head - you just look the verb up straight! If you still don't know t
Marinone taught Latin Literature at the University of Turin and was Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Padua.. About the AuthorN
In a clear and simple format, the book sets out over 13,000 verb forms, which are listed alphabetically, and referred to the verbs from which they derive. All the Greek Verbs has established itself as an indispensable guide for all learners of Greek. Poetic and dialect forms are differentiated and grammatical tables set out standard endings and inflexions, making it easy for the student of Greek to navigate their way through the language.
N. Marinone taught Latin Literature at the University of Turin and was Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Padua.