This is an initial contact with the Greek language, aiming to assimilate the basic elements of its structure and learn the highest frequency vocabulary, in order to create a solid foundation on which to build the rest of the learning path.
- Grammar:
- First of all, the goal is to become familiar with the case system, knowing its main forms and uses, and with the mechanisms of agreement, namely:
- The 1st and 2nd declension, with an initial introduction to the 3rd
- The main functions of the cases
- Use of cases with the main prepositions
- The articles
- First class adjectives, noun/adjective agreements
- Some elements of the pronoun system are also presented, such as personal pronouns and αὐτός
- Regarding the verb system, the most frequent elements are presented. Specifically:
- Present indicative of active and middle conjugations (3rd person) and introduction to some deponent verbs
- Imperative
- Introduction to the imperfect
- Vocabulary:
- The most frequent vocabulary used in the Greek language is presented along with some in-depth studies that include:
- Stages of life and family
- Daily activities
- The house
- Food
- Animals and natural places, geographical elements
- The gods
- Parts of the day
- Numbers
For practical reasons, it should be noted that the above contents are also roughly present in Athenaze chapters I-VI, with readings from Logos chapters I-XIV.