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    Notes On Koine Greek: Part 34

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    1. “Kind” Vs. “Time”: One of the fundamental aspects of Koine Greek that
    interpreters must grasp is the fact that with verbs, “kind” is more important than
    “time”. So, while Greek expresses things in the past, present and future tenses,
    within those tenses it really focuses on aspect. Aspect, then, emphasizes “kind” of
    action. Here, we shall look at 3 different kinds of aspect or kinds of action. To
    help us understand it, we shall attempt to visualize it.
    2. Visualization of Aspect: Following the work of Dave Black, here are 3
    helpful visualizations for understanding aspect:
    The “aoristic” is a set of parentheses with nothing inside them. This
    visualization shows that the aoristic aspect is NOT attempting to define
    Aoristic • ( ) any sort of specific action. To put it differently, it is not “limiting” the
    action of the verb! It’s tense is “past time” and is typically rendered in
    English: We __ed.

    The “imperfective” is a set of parentheses with a line inside them. This


    line denotes continuation, duration, ongoing-ness, linear-ness,
    Imperfective • ( _ ) habituation, etc. In other words, it is expressing a sort of specific action.
    It’s tense is “past time” and is typically rendered in English: I was
    __ing / You were __ing.

    The “perfective” is a set of parentheses with a period inside them. This


    period denotes finality, completion, etc. In other words, it is expressing
    Perfective • ( . ) a sort of specific action. It’s tense is “past time” and is typically
    rendered in English: I have __ed.

    3. In the next several editions of my “Notes”, we will cover the aoristic and
    imperfective aspects. We will look at the perfective aspect later. Please not that
    the above concepts are very important and need to be understood prior to moving
    on to a fuller description of the Aorist Active Indicative and Imperfect Active
    Indicative paradigms.
    4. The “Neutral Morpheme Rule”: It is also important before moving on, to
    revisit the neutral morpheme rule mentioned in section 3 of my “Notes”. There, I
    provided a small table with a few notes describing this rule. It will be very
    helpful to you, if you take a few minutes to re-familiarize yourself with this rule
    as it applies directly to the next two paradigms we will look at:

    When the person-number suffix begins with a consonant either an “omicron”


    (o) or an “epsilon” (e) is added as a phonetic cushion and is considered the
    “NEUTRAL MORPHEME”.

    THE RULE:
    If you are adding a phonetic cushion before a “mu” (m) or “nu” (n), the cushion
    vowel is an “omicron” (o). Before any other consonant, add an “epsilon” (e).

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