Grammar - Introductory

Question 1

History

Names and dates of the stages in the history of the Greek language.

Answer 1

Classical - 700s–300s BC
Koine/Hellenistic - 300s BC–AD 300s
Byzantine - AD 300s–1400s
Modern - AD 1400s–Present

Question 2

Alphabet

Names, lowercase letters, order, and Erasmian pronunciation

Answer 2

α β γ δ
ε ζ η θ
ι κ λ μ
ν ξ ο π
ρ σ/ς τ υ
φ χ ψ ω

(Just know it already)

Question 3

σ / ς

Forms and placement of the two lowercase forms of sigma.

Answer 3

σ - anywhere in a word except at the end.
ς - when it is the last letter
of the word.

Question 4

Seven Vowels

Answer 4

α ε η ι ο υ ω

Question 5

Gamma Nasal

know how it is pronounced and before which four letters the gamma is pro

Answer 5

Pronounced as nu before: κ, γ, χ, ξ.

Question 6

Eight (proper) diphthongs

Name and know their pronunciations.

Answer 6

αι, ει, οι, υι,
αυ, ευ, ηυ, ου

sauerkraut, feud, feud, soup
aisle, eight, oil, suite

Question 7

Improper Diphthong

Recognize it and know under which vowels it may be written.

Answer 7

“iota subscript.” It goes under: α, η, ω

Question 8

Daeresis

Recognize it, and know its significance

Answer 8

Diaeresis: ¨

Placed over the second of two contiguous vowels that would normally be pronounced as a diphthong, but which are to be pronounced separately in this word.

Question 9

Breathing Marks,

Name and know where they’re placed and over which letters.

Answer 9

Smooth = ἀ; Rough = ἁ
Placed on word-initial vowels or rho; precedes a capital letter; placed over the second letter of a diphthong.

Question 10

Punctuation

Recognize and know the meaning

Answer 10

, - comma
. - period
· - semicolon
; - question mark