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Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

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Comments on Future Middle Form<br />

As you know from all of our work above, the Future Tense has forms that distinctively stand in the Middle. In the examples we presented with in the Future Middle [μ<br />

etc.], we offered a translation that drew attention to the active subject: “I myself will destroy.” As we suggested in Chapter Two, a true Middle (i.e. not a Deponent form to be<br />

translated like an Active) requires a great deal of exegetical awareness and skill to translate properly. Even so, there will be considerable disagreement among scholars over how best<br />

to interpret a true Middle in any given circumstance. Therefore, the Future Middle forms we will work with (in our exercises below) will be Deponents only [to be translated simply<br />

Actively]. When you see these Middle endings, translate them Actively, and call them Deponents. For your convenience, we have collected the ten (10) verbs we have learned<br />

to this point whose Futures are Deponent.<br />

1st PrinPart<br />

(Dictionary Entry)<br />

Translation<br />

Verb Root<br />

2nd PrinPart<br />

(Fut/Act/Ind/1s)<br />

Translation<br />

μ I am going μ I will go<br />

I am seeing μ I will see (Suppletive)<br />

I am eating μ I will eat (Suppletive)<br />

μ I am coming μ I will come (Suppletive)<br />

μ I am becoming μ I will become<br />

I am knowing μ I will know<br />

I am going μ I will go<br />

μ I am receiving μμ I will receive<br />

μ I am answering μ I will answer<br />

I am dying μ I will die<br />

11: The Future Tense<br />

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