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Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

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Suppletives: Salvage Yard Verbs<br />

Most of the Suppletive verbs we have studied happen to take a 2nd Aorist approach when forming the 3rd Principal Part. That is, they move the verb Root (often a Root completely<br />

unrelated to the Root from which the 1st Principal Part was formed) down Assembly Line “D”, using the variable vowels (/) to connect Personal Endings. Examine each of our<br />

Suppletives below, continuing to familiarize yourself with these awkward combinations of Roots.<br />

1st PrinPar Root 2nd PrinPart Root 3rd PrinPart Root Comments<br />

<strong>New</strong> Root in 3rd PrinPart<br />

μ <strong>New</strong> Root in 3rd PrinPart<br />

μ Same Root as in 2nd PrinPart<br />

μ μ <br />

Same Root as in 2nd PrinPart<br />

[Root diphthong is “zeroed out.”]<br />

The fth of our Suppletive verbs () introduces a new Root in the 3rd Principal Part, but does not send it down Assembly Line “D.” Rather, it travels Line “C,” adding only<br />

alpha () to create the Aorist Indicative. The kappa () is not the machinery of Assembly Line “B,” but is simply part of the new Root itself.<br />

1st PrinPar Root 2nd PrinPart Root 3rd PrinPart Root Comments<br />

<br />

This 3rd Root is actually generated<br />

in a complex way from .<br />

Assembly Line “E”<br />

Finally, two of our verbs travel down Assembly Line “E,” the simplest of all formative strategies! To the verb Root is added absolutely nothing, except Personal Endings. It should<br />

be noted that no connecting vowel of any kind (, , or ) is being used, and that the vowel immediately preceding the Personal Ending is simply the (lengthened) nal letter of the<br />

verb Root itself.<br />

1st PrinPart<br />

(Dictionary Entry)<br />

Translation<br />

Verb Root<br />

3rd PrinPart<br />

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

Translation<br />

Comments<br />

I am going I went straight forward<br />

I am knowing I knew straight forward<br />

The appearance of these forms may seem odd (since they have no connecting vowels) until you can “see” the Secondary Personal Endings for what they are, and “see” the verb root<br />

(with its lengthened vowel stem) for what it is:<br />

*This 3rd plural Personal Ending () is used in a set of peculiar circumstances we don’t need to know right now.<br />

12: Aorist Tense<br />

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