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Introductory Ancient Greek Language

2006-12-16T04:00:33Z

68.107.249.212: /* Introductory Greek */

== Introductory Greek ==
Welcome to the course Introductory Ancient Greek Language.

This course will hopefully prepare the student to read genuine Ancient Greek texts regardless of previous experience. It will begin on a very basic level so if you have some experience you may choose to move on to a more advanced course, or assist in lesson plans with this one.

If you're coming here with no experience of the Ancient Greek Language then congratulations on your choice to begin learning it! I think you'll find that once you master the alphabet the hardest part of this course will be over.

The course will be divided into several important divisions each one hopefully no longer than four lessons followed by a review. The goal is to prepare the student to read basic Greek texts by the end.

== Student Questions ==
So far I am the only active member creating this so my contact information is [[User:JManning|JManning]] 17:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

If you happen to become stumped or just have a general question out of curiousity then feel free to message me or any other active member involved in creating this course. I plan to create "sandbox" areas at the bottom of each lesson plan so if someone wants they can edit the question directly into the appropriate place and an answer may be given there for all to see for future reference.

== Alphabet, Breathings, Accents ==
After having completed these first four lessons hopefully the student will be able to read and write with Greek characters. Some vocabulary will be introduced but the goal will be to familiarize yourself with understanding the alphabet in order to begin learning the language.

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 1|Lesson 1]] - Alphabet

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 2|Lesson 2]] - Breathings

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 3|Lesson 3]] - Accents

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 4|Lesson 4]] - Summary of Lessons 1-3 and Introduction to Cases

[[Review]]

== Introduction to Verbs and Nouns ==

[[Lesson 5]] - Present, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 6]] - First Noun Declinsion

[[Lesson 7]] - Basic Prepositions, Negation

[[Lesson 8]] - Present Indicative of "To Be"

[[Review]]

== Verb Forms of the Present Active Indicative ==

[[Lesson 9]] - Future, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 10]] - Aorist, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 11]] - Perfect, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 12]] - Pluperfect, Active, Indicative

[[Review]]

This is about the middle point of this course. After this there are two more noun ?declensions?, and various other syntax related concepts such as relative pronouns and compound verbs and such.

The remainder of the course will be written after these first three lesson plans have been completed.

[[Category:Introductions]]

Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Basics

2006-12-16T03:57:05Z

68.107.249.212: /* Answers */

Learning a different alphabet may seem daunting at first, but Greek characters are very similar to the Latin ones English speakers are used to. Greek evolved from the Phoenicians who were the first recorded civilization to create an alphabet, and Latin similarly developed from Greek and other languages. The name alphabet itself comes from the words Alpha and Beta.

It's a lot to take in at one go so don't feel bad if you fail to remember all of these immediately. You will have plenty of time to get these characters under your belt. When you feel ready try to convert some Greek into English and some English into Greek below.

== The Letters, Greek orthography ==
The letters of the Greek alphabet look like this:
αβγδεζηθικ...

Here is more information about the letters

'''Alpha Α α '''

Short or long A pronounced like the English a in ''drama''.

'''Beta Β β '''

b

'''Gamma Γ γ '''

g

When followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ it is pronounced like /ng/.

'''Delta Δ δ'''

d

'''Epsilon Ε ε'''

Short e pronounced like the e in ''bed''.

'''Zeta Ζ ζ'''

Commonly pronounced like z, however, it is more correctly the combination of a seperate s and d sound as in the word ''wisdom''.

'''Eta Η η '''

Long a, e pronounced like ''hate''.

'''Theta Θ θ '''

Often pronounced simply as /th/ however it is more correctly pronounced as ''pothole''.

'''Iota Ι ι'''

This letter's name is pronounced as yota (not ee-ota as is common). Pronounced as short or long English i.

'''Kappa Κ κ'''

k

'''Lambda Λ λ'''

l

'''Mu Μ μ'''

m

'''Nu Ν ν'''

n

'''Xi Ξ ξ'''

ks or x

'''Omicron Ο ο'''

Short o. The name itself means little o. Mikron being the Greek word for small.

'''Pi Π π'''

p

'''Rho Ρ ρ'''

r

'''Sigma Σ σ,ς'''

s. It is written as σ when in the middle of a word, but as ς when at the end of one.

'''Tau Τ τ'''

t

'''Upsilon Υ υ'''

Long or short u.

'''Phi Φ φ'''

Commonly pronounced as /f/ as in ''philosopher'', but is more correctly pronounced as in ''tophat''

'''Chi Χ χ'''

The name of this letter is pronounced "kee". Pronounced as in ''khaki''

'''Psi Ψ ψ'''

ps

'''Omega Ω ω'''

Long o. The name means big o since mega is Greek for large.

== Latinization ==

Through history Greek names have been translated according to a Latin form, which English typically uses.

υ to y

κ to c

αι to ae

οι to oe

== Activities ==

Convert these English words to Greek characters.

Sparta
Spartans
philosopher
museum
nectar
genesis
angel
mētropolis
thōrax
critērion

Convert these Greek words to English.

Δελφι
Μιδας
Ξερξης
Λεωνιδας
Θερμοπυλη
κυκλοψ
κυδος

== Answers ==
<div class="NavFrame" style="clear:left; text-align: center; border: 0px; width:200px">
<div class="NavHead" style="background-color:transparent; text-align:left"> Click Expand to see answers:</div>
<div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left">
Σπαρτα
Σπαρτανς
φιλοσοφερ
μυσευμ
νεκταρ
γενεσις
αγγελ
μητροπολις
θωραξ
κριτηριον

</div>
</div>
<div class="NavEnd"> </div>

<div class="NavFrame" style="clear:left; text-align: center; border: 0px; width:200px">
<div class="NavHead" style="background-color:transparent; text-align:left"> Click Expand to see answers:</div>
<div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left">
Delphi
Midas
Xerxēs
Leōnidas
Thermopylae (literally Thermopulē)
Cyclops (literally Kuklops)
kudos

</div>
</div>
<div class="NavEnd"> </div>

Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Basics

2006-12-16T03:56:53Z

68.107.249.212: /* Answers */

Learning a different alphabet may seem daunting at first, but Greek characters are very similar to the Latin ones English speakers are used to. Greek evolved from the Phoenicians who were the first recorded civilization to create an alphabet, and Latin similarly developed from Greek and other languages. The name alphabet itself comes from the words Alpha and Beta.

It's a lot to take in at one go so don't feel bad if you fail to remember all of these immediately. You will have plenty of time to get these characters under your belt. When you feel ready try to convert some Greek into English and some English into Greek below.

== The Letters, Greek orthography ==
The letters of the Greek alphabet look like this:
αβγδεζηθικ...

Here is more information about the letters

'''Alpha Α α '''

Short or long A pronounced like the English a in ''drama''.

'''Beta Β β '''

b

'''Gamma Γ γ '''

g

When followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ it is pronounced like /ng/.

'''Delta Δ δ'''

d

'''Epsilon Ε ε'''

Short e pronounced like the e in ''bed''.

'''Zeta Ζ ζ'''

Commonly pronounced like z, however, it is more correctly the combination of a seperate s and d sound as in the word ''wisdom''.

'''Eta Η η '''

Long a, e pronounced like ''hate''.

'''Theta Θ θ '''

Often pronounced simply as /th/ however it is more correctly pronounced as ''pothole''.

'''Iota Ι ι'''

This letter's name is pronounced as yota (not ee-ota as is common). Pronounced as short or long English i.

'''Kappa Κ κ'''

k

'''Lambda Λ λ'''

l

'''Mu Μ μ'''

m

'''Nu Ν ν'''

n

'''Xi Ξ ξ'''

ks or x

'''Omicron Ο ο'''

Short o. The name itself means little o. Mikron being the Greek word for small.

'''Pi Π π'''

p

'''Rho Ρ ρ'''

r

'''Sigma Σ σ,ς'''

s. It is written as σ when in the middle of a word, but as ς when at the end of one.

'''Tau Τ τ'''

t

'''Upsilon Υ υ'''

Long or short u.

'''Phi Φ φ'''

Commonly pronounced as /f/ as in ''philosopher'', but is more correctly pronounced as in ''tophat''

'''Chi Χ χ'''

The name of this letter is pronounced "kee". Pronounced as in ''khaki''

'''Psi Ψ ψ'''

ps

'''Omega Ω ω'''

Long o. The name means big o since mega is Greek for large.

== Latinization ==

Through history Greek names have been translated according to a Latin form, which English typically uses.

υ to y

κ to c

αι to ae

οι to oe

== Activities ==

Convert these English words to Greek characters.

Sparta
Spartans
philosopher
museum
nectar
genesis
angel
mētropolis
thōrax
critērion

Convert these Greek words to English.

Δελφι
Μιδας
Ξερξης
Λεωνιδας
Θερμοπυλη
κυκλοψ
κυδος

== Answers ==
<div class="NavFrame" style="clear:left; text-align: center; border: 0px; width:200px">
<div class="NavHead" style="background-color:transparent; text-align:left"> Click Expand to see answers:</div>
<div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left">
Σπαρτα
Σπαρτανς
φιλοσοφερ
μυσευμ
νεκταρ
γενεσις
αγγελ
μητροπολις
θωραξ
κριτηριον

</div>
</div>
<div class="NavEnd"> </div>

<div class="NavFrame" style="clear:left; text-align: center; border: 0px; width:200px">
<div class="NavHead" style="background-color:transparent; text-align:left"> Click Expand to see answers:</div>
<div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left">
Delphi
Midas
Xerxēs
Leōnidas
Thermopylae (literally Thermopulē
Cyclops (literally Kuklops)
kudos

</div>
</div>
<div class="NavEnd"> </div>

Introductory Ancient Greek Language

2006-12-16T03:50:05Z

68.107.249.212: /* Introductory Greek */

== Introductory Greek ==
Welcome to the course Introductory Ancient Greek Language.

This course will hopefully prepare the student to read genuine Ancient Greek texts regardless of previous experience. It will begin on a very basic level so if you have some experience you may choose to move on to a more advanced course, or assist in lesson plans with this one.

If you're coming here with no experience of the Ancient Greek Language then congratulations on your choice to begin learning it! I think you'll find that once you master the alphabet the hardest part of this course will be over.

The course will be divided into several important divisions each one hopefully no longer than four lessons followed by a review. The goal is to prepare the student to read basic Greek texts by the end.

****I have been busy with school work and I haven't been able to work on this site as much as I'd like to but hopefully I will get it done eventually. Sorry for the inconvience****

== Student Questions ==
So far I am the only active member creating this so my contact information is [[User:JManning|JManning]] 17:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

If you happen to become stumped or just have a general question out of curiousity then feel free to message me or any other active member involved in creating this course. I plan to create "sandbox" areas at the bottom of each lesson plan so if someone wants they can edit the question directly into the appropriate place and an answer may be given there for all to see for future reference.

== Alphabet, Breathings, Accents ==
After having completed these first four lessons hopefully the student will be able to read and write with Greek characters. Some vocabulary will be introduced but the goal will be to familiarize yourself with understanding the alphabet in order to begin learning the language.

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 1|Lesson 1]] - Alphabet

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 2|Lesson 2]] - Breathings

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 3|Lesson 3]] - Accents

[[Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Lesson 4|Lesson 4]] - Summary of Lessons 1-3 and Introduction to Cases

[[Review]]

== Introduction to Verbs and Nouns ==

[[Lesson 5]] - Present, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 6]] - First Noun Declinsion

[[Lesson 7]] - Basic Prepositions, Negation

[[Lesson 8]] - Present Indicative of "To Be"

[[Review]]

== Verb Forms of the Present Active Indicative ==

[[Lesson 9]] - Future, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 10]] - Aorist, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 11]] - Perfect, Active, Indicative

[[Lesson 12]] - Pluperfect, Active, Indicative

[[Review]]

This is about the middle point of this course. After this there are two more noun ?declensions?, and various other syntax related concepts such as relative pronouns and compound verbs and such.

The remainder of the course will be written after these first three lesson plans have been completed.

[[Category:Introductions]]