Cambridge Preterm Intensive Ancient Greek language pack

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If you want a nicely laid-out and handy presentation of the word-tables (or paradigms) to supplement your grammar (though all the forms will be found in Smyth and Goodwin), then we recommend H. J. K. Usher’s Outline of Greek Accidence. We will, however, provide many paradigms here and in our Faculty classes, and you will find a variety of supplementary online materials at: http://tinyurl.com/languagepacks2012 In order to deal more ably with the grammatical concepts we will meet in our classes you will find these volumes helpful: • A Student’s Introduction to English Grammar, by Rodney Huddleston (ISBN 0-521-612888) • English Grammar for Students of Latin, by Norma Goldman (ISBN-13: 978-0-93-403434-0; ISBN-10: 0-93-403434-6) As far as dictionaries go, we strongly recommend H. G. Liddell and R. Scott’s Abridged Greek Lexicon (ISBN-13: 978-0-19-910205-1; ISBN-10: 0-19-910205-8); the Intermediate version of this Lexicon is perhaps better, in that it has longer entries, but it has no more entries than the Abridged version and is bulkier and more expensive. The massive, £140 Greek-English “LSJ” is a research-standard lexicon and unnecessary for normal reading purposes, though you can download it to an iPhone for just over a pound (it’s called “Lexiphanes” in the Apple App Store—look also for the Latin dictionary “Lexidium”: that’s the research-standard Latin lexicon by Lewis and Short; similar resources are available for Android phones as well). You will find in this pack: • a checklist of grammatical topics covered in Reading Greek 1–10 • a vocabulary list consisting of all the words in Reading Greek 1-10 • most of the paradigms presented in Reading Greek 1-10 (plus much more additional information) • a list of verb principal parts in Reading Greek 1–10 We have created two online activities to complement the pack: • http://www.quia.com/jg/1994849.html (vocabulary tester) • http://www.quia.com/jg/1994893.html (principal parts tester) Good luck with your studies and see you soon!
checklist of grammar topics for Intensive Greek students On arriving at Cambridge you will be assessed on the following topics. The assessment will fall into four parts (in each part you will be given some choice): Section A: Vocabulary: you will be expected to know the vocbulary from Reading Greek 1–10 (supplied here) Section B: Accidence: you will be expected to write down from memory any word-table (or paradigm) of any word listed on this page (you will be given a starter form—no dual forms are expected): N.B. not every paradigm required has been supplied n the pack Section C: Principal Parts: you will be expected write down from memory the principal parts of the verbs in the list included in this pack (you will be given a starter form) Section D: Syntax: you will be expected to translate from Greek into English a few sentences that exhibit the points of syntax as specified below The assessment will take form as an hour-long online test. Many elements of the test will be generated randomly by computer, so each test will be unique. Some elements will be very simple and some will be more challenging. The test will be marked out of 100 points and only you and your Director of Studies will be given the results. The test is merely designed as a diagnostic tool and will not count towards any final mark or grade at all. adjectives and nouns, etc. • understanding of gender, case, and number in nouns and adjectives • declension and use of the definite article • noun and adjective declension of all three patterns of the words that appear in the Reading Greek vocabulary list (complete list and some tables supplied in this pack) • form and use of demonstratives, !"# and !$#, %&'("#, and )&!*# • form and use of personal, reflexive, and relative pronouns • form and use of comparatives, including irregulars for +,)-*#, .).*#, .)/*#, 01,)#, and 2%/3# verbs • understanding of person, number, tense, voice, and mood in verbs • understanding of verbal ‘aspect’ • conjugation of thematic (-4) verbs (e.g. /34) in the present, imperfect, aorist, and future (indicative, imperative, and optative only—no subjunctive), active and middle, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack) • conjugation of contract verbs in the present and imperfect indicative, active and middle, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack) • conjugation of (50" ‘be’, (60$ ‘shall go’, and %6') ‘know’ in the present, past, and future; optative and imperative (no subjunctive), including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack) • understanding of contract futures, e.g. 0174 fut. 0(78 • understanding of 1st (= sigmatic) and 2nd aorists (thematic e.g. 9:)/%7 and athematic [= root] e.g. 9:;7) • root aorists 9:;7 and 9,747, plus infinitives and participles • conjugation of !)0)$, and '"'40$, plus infinitives and participles syntax • understanding of prepositions as occasioned in the Reading Greek vocabulary list (supplied in pack) • constructions with comparative adjectives • form and use of participles; understanding of participles used adverbially (= circumstantially) • understanding of verbs that take participles, e.g. !?,@A74 • understanding of verbs that take infinitives , e.g. :%3/%0)$ • understanding of indirect speech and indirect question • understanding of optative + B7 N.B. You are not responsible for every form that appears in the tables supplied in the language pack (e.g. dual forms of any word or aorist passives or the poetic forms of (50" ), only those forms covered by the descriptions above. The tables are meant to be fairly comprehensive and of use for future reference (e.g. when reading Homer). Note too that you will find many words printed with both iota subscript (e.g. C) and adscript (4$) forms as an aid to recognition; sometimes long (e.g. D) and short (E) marks have been printed over vowels as an aid in distinguishing certain elements.
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Page 5 and 6: first or !-stem declension nouns: f
Page 7 and 8: three key stop stems: ‘stops’ a
Page 9 and 10: adjectives: 13 key paradigms !"#$%&
Page 11 and 12: comparative adjectives regular comp
Page 13 and 14: !"#$%&', !"#$%()*, !"#$%&%: present
Page 15 and 16: demonstrative pronoun !"# (iste): c
Page 17 and 18: adverbs (see Smyth §§341-345) 1.
Page 20 and 21: case usage in Ancient Greek and Lat
Page 22 and 23: !"#$ sum present INDICATIVE SUBJUNC
Page 24 and 25: !"#$ present INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
Page 26 and 27: !"# aorist stem forms active INDICA
Page 28 and 29: !"# perfect stem forms (simple and
Page 30 and 31: !"#$% present stem forms active IND
Page 32 and 33: !"#$% present stem forms active IND
Page 34 and 35: irregular contract verbs 2: monosyl
Page 36 and 37: !"#$, !%&$, and !'$($: three key ro
Page 38 and 39: consonant stem perfect middle/passi
Page 40 and 41: !"!#$% aorist stem forms active (2n
Page 42 and 43: !"#$%& aorist stem forms active (2n
Page 44 and 45: !"#$%& aorist stem forms 1st aorist
Page 46 and 47: !"#$ aorist stem forms (in prose th
Page 48 and 49: !"#$ (poetic) present stem forms IN
Page 50 and 51: conspectus of Ancient Greek and Lat
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!"!#$%&' !#$%()*" +!#'# recognise !
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!"#$%& !"#$'& (!)#*'* punish !)+,&
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!"#$%& !"#$'(& )!*#$+(, dare !-./&
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!"#$% &% $ him / her / it /them A
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!"#$%&'&( know how to (+ inf.) / un
Page 62 and 63:
!"#$ (%) mind / sense !#! now 5/6 t
Page 64 and 65:
!" you (s.) !#$$%&'( ()) !#$$&*+,&
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