NT 501 Greek II Session 13

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NT 501Greek II- Session 13

• Using the texts of Dr. Bill Mounce

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mi verbs

• So far, we have dealt with verbs from the
  thematic conjugation
• These verbs use a thematic vowel- we call it a
  connecting vowel- these are the w verbs
• Another type of conjugation is the athematic
  conjugation- we normally call these mi verbs

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Four classes of mi verbs

• mi verbs are classified by their stem vowels
• o-class
• a-class
• e-class
• u-class

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mi verbs- rules

• 1. mi verbs replicate their initial stem letter
  to form the present and separate the reduplicated
  consonant with an iota
• You must memorize the root of a mi verb along
  with its lexical form
• Reduplication takes place only in 1st principal
  part

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mi verbs- rules

• 2. mi verbs do not ordinarily use a connecting
  (i.e. thematic) vowel in the indicative.
• The personal ending is added directly to the stem
• A connecting vowel is, however, used in the
  imperfect singular and the future

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mi verbs- rules

• 3. mi verbs employ three different personal
  endings in the present active
• (see chart 34.8 on 322.)
• The present active is the only place where mi
  verbs use different endings

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mi verbs- rules

• 4. The stem vowel of a mi verb can lengthen,
  shorten, or drop out (ablaut)
• Again, knowing the stem will eliminate a lot of
  guess work on this point

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mi verbs- rules

• 5. Most of the mi verbs use ka as their tense
  formative in the aorist.
• These are called kappa aorists.
• See paradigm 34.11 on 324.

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Assignment

• Workbook-
• Complete Parsing section 1-5
• Complete warm-up section a-h
• Complete translation section 1-5
• Text- chapter 35