I have finally actually started to work on my greek! I left behind my textbook and workbooks that I bought, but I bought another one amazon.com, and my parents will ship it over to me. also, there are plently of information websites online, and I do have my awesome William D. Mounce first year Greek dvd lectures. also, Brent is just an email away and whenever I have any questions, I just ask him. I do know that most of my friends, especially those who are bible majors and have taken greek, think that it is crazy tht I am doing this on my own. but like I've written onhere before, its so much nice to go at my own pace you know? I have not yet started the DVD lectures, but I will tomorrow. I want to start the pronounciation, so maybe in the vocabulary disc the dvd lectures come with, they will go over that. I started practicing writing the letters of the alphabet. I am going to practice writing them by writing them on two sides(one sheet)in a notebook, one sheet for each letter. for now, I will do lowercase, and then move on to capital letters. that's the nice thing about doing this yourself. you can go at your own pace, do things your way, the way that works best for you, you can take your time. bible majors have to learn the alphabet in less than a week. I can take my time and spend 4 months learning it, or until I know it well. I feel like a first grader, writing Alpha lowercase over and over on that piece of paper in my notebook(I bought a notebook to do Greek in), on both sides. problaly too much, but I truly want to learn this language and I am going to make sure I learn it well. but I do like it as well. it feels like I am building a foundation, and i have to make it solid and storng and take my time on it, before I start adding on the other layers of the house. and the greek alphabet, writing, speaking, learning the names of the letters, is the foundation of my Ancient Greek knowledge, and it has to be sturdy and unshakeable and deeply built before it can suppose the house. I do regret having left behind my Greek workbook and flashcards, but its fine, I bought a new textbook from amazon and my parents are sending it over, and with my other materials here, I should be able to do fine, and its not like I want to be reading the New Testmanent in Greek before I go back home, althought that would be cool lol. but I am going to take my time and go at my own pace. someday, I will be able to read and write in Ancient Greek, and also read outloud, and I will be able to say that I taught myself, with some help from friends of course. it will be years and years before I get to that point, but I will get there, and it will be so so worth it.
writing greek is interesting. granted, I can only write Alpha so far, but it feels like this interesting mix of english and...egyptain hyrogliphics. some of the letters look very similar to english and others look closer to hyrogliphics.at least that is my opinion. i find it beautiful. i think ancient Greek in its writing form is so beautiful. the letters look so graceful and feminine, while english letters are so masculine. i know, that makes no sense, but hey, its my greek blog and my mind and my opinion. lol. im sure all my bible major friends are shaking their heads and laughing at that, but it is how it seems to me. Italian is sexy and beautiful in its speaking form and I love it with all my heart, and Greek is graceful and feminine in its written form and I think I am going to grow to love it as well. granted, having my BA in International studies, I love culture and I love languges, so its not too big of a surprise. but I am so excited to have finally begun the difficult work on this Greek Journey. :)
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