Transcript Greek I

Greek I
Contract Verbs
(Chapter 17)
Exegetical Insight –
1 Thessalonians 1:1-2
 Pau/loj kai. Silouano.j kai. Timo,qeoj
Paul and Silas and Timothy
th/|
evkklhsi,a|
Qessalonike,wn
to the church
of the Thessalonians
evn qew/|
patri.
kai. kuri,w|
VIhsou/ Cristw/|(
in God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ
ca,rij u`mi/n
kai. eivrh,nhÅ Euvcaristou/men tw/| qew/|
grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God
pa,ntote peri.
pa,ntwn u`mw/n
always concerning all of you
mnei,an poiou,menoi
evpi. tw/n proseucw/n h`mw/n(
making mention in
our prayers
Overview of this Lesson
 In this lesson we will learn:
 that verb stems ending in a, e, or o
contract when they add connecting
vowels and personal endings. Such verbs
are called contract verbs.
 eight rules governing the contraction of
vowels.
Introduction
 Verbs whose stems end in alpha, epsilon, or
omicron are called contract verbs. The final
vowel of the stem is called the contract vowel.
 The stem of avgapa,w is *agapa.
 Contract verbs follow the same rules as the
other verbs in their various forms. The
difference is that when their final stem vowel
comes in contact with the connecting vowel,
the two vowels contract, thus forming a
different vowel or dipthong.
 *poie + omen= poiou/men
 Contract verbs are categorized by their final
stem vowel; each category is consistent in the
way it forms its endings.
Contractions
 Why do we need to know about these?
Primarily in order to recognize the lexical
form (and thus the meaning) of a verb that
has undergone a contraction.
 We will meet contractions only in two
tenses, the present and the imperfect. In
the other tenses, the connecting vowel
lengthens and there is no contraction.
Eight Rules for Contraction
Eight Rules for Contraction
Eight Rules for Contraction
 The lexical form of contract verbs will
include the contract vowel (e.g., avgapa,w).
However, when the first person singular
form occurs in the text, it will have
contracted (avgapw/).
Eight Rules for Contraction
 If the alpha is first, they form a long alpha.
If the epsilon is first, they form an eta
(which is a lengthened epsilon).
Eight Rules for Contraction
Eight Rules for Contraction
 What happens with a dipthong depends
upon whether the contract vowel and the
first vowel of the dipthong are the same or
different.
Eight Rules for Contraction
 Contract verbs contract with the actual
personal endings of the present active
indicative.
 There is a complete chart of possible
contractions in the appendix, p. 340.
Paradigms for Contract Verbs
Present Active Indicative
For Next Week
 Vocab quiz from chapter 17.
 Workbook Exercise #17.
 Read chapter 18 on Present
Middle/Passive Indicative, pp. 147154.