Intro-Lesson ()

Question 1

How many letters in Greek Alphabet?

Answer 1

24

Question 2

How many Greek vowels and what are they?

Answer 2

7: α,ε,η,ι,ο,υ

Question 3

What two vowels are always long

Answer 3

Eta and Omega

Question 4

what two vowels are always short?

Answer 4

omicron and epsilon

Question 5

What 3 vowels may be short OR long

Answer 5

alpha, iota, upsilon

Question 6

What is a diphthong?

Answer 6

A combination of two vowel sounds in one syllable.

Question 7

The two breathing marks are called…

Answer 7

smooth and rough

Question 8

Does the breathing mark stand over 1st or 2nd vowel in diphthong?

Answer 8

2nd

Question 8

What determines if a syllable is long or short?

Answer 8

If it had diphthong (except for οι or αι at end of word) or long vowel, it is long. If it has short vowel it is short.

Question 9

Why is it important whether a syllable is long or short?

Answer 9

it determines where the accent is placed

Question 10

What are the special names for the final 3 syllables?

Answer 10

Ultima, Penult, and Antepenult

Question 11

Only the last 4 syllables can take accents. True or False?

Answer 11

False. only last 3

Question 12

what are the 3 accents called

Answer 12

circumflex, grave, and acute

Question 13

the circumflex accent can appear on what syllables

Answer 13

last 2

Question 14

the grave accent can appear on what syllables

Answer 14

ultima

Question 15

the acute accent can appear on what syllables

Answer 15

last 3

Question 16

can the circumflex stand over a short syllable?

Answer 16

no, only long syllable

Question 17

what happens to an accent when the ultima of a word is long

Answer 17

the accent cannot be on the antepenult, if it has accent on penult it has to be acute. When the end of a word has to change to a long syllable, and the accent has to move, It is like making the end of the word heavier, ‘tipping’ the word, and making the accent roll closer to the end of the word.

Question 18

If the ultima is short and the long penult is accented, what accent does it have to be

Answer 18

circumflex

Question 19

The grave accent is basically what (hint: relationship to acute)

Answer 19

It is the substitute for the acute when a word follows immediately after

Question 20

Can accent placing determine the meaning of a word

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

how many punctuation marks are in Greek?

Answer 21

4

Question 22

ἀκούω

Answer 22

I hear

Question 22

Βλέπω

Answer 22

I see

Question 23

γινώσκω

Answer 23

I know

Question 24

γράφω

Answer 24

I write

Question 25

διδάσκω

Answer 25

I teach

Question 26

θέλω

Answer 26

I wish

Question 27

καί

Answer 27

and

Question 27

λέγω

Answer 27

I speak, I say

Question 28

λύω

Answer 28

I loosen, I destroy

Question 29

ὅτι

Answer 29

that, because

Question 30

οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ

Answer 30

not

Question 31

πιστεύω

Answer 31

I believe

Question 32

what are the 5 parts of a verb

Answer 32

Person, Number (singular or plural), tense, voice, mood

Question 32

What is the tense of a verb

Answer 32

it signifies the time (past, present, future) and kind of action (continuing, completed, simple)

Question 33

unlike English and many modern languages, does Greek place emphasis on the 'time' or 'kind' of the action

Answer 33

the kind (how the action unfolds)

Question 34

what does the voice of the verb indicate

Answer 34

it indicates the relationship of the verb with the subject. For example the subject might be actively doing the verb or passively. There are 3 voices: active, passive, and middle

Question 35

what is the mood of the verb

Answer 35

it is the manner in which the action is regarded by the speaker

Question 36

what are the 2 non-finite verb forms or 'modes' (as the author calls them)

Answer 36

Infinitive and Participle

Question 37

what are the 4 types of verb moods

Answer 37

indicative, imperative, optative, subjuncitive