Classical Greek 2: Verbs- Present Active Indicative

This post is part of a series of Classical Greek lessons I’m compiling.

Today, we’ll cover present active indicative verbs, but before getting our hands dirty, it would be good to go over some basic concepts about verbs:

Verbs are words that denote an action, a state, or an occurrence. In Greek, verbs have the following properties: Read more

Learning Quechua 2 – possessives

Quechua is an agglutinative language, which means that morphemes are added to words to determine case, tense, aspect, or other grammatical functions. In Quechua, word stems receive suffixes to modify their function in a sentence. Let’s start this post by talking about possessive suffixes.

Using possessive suffixes in Quechua is the equivalent of using a possessive pronoun in English, specifically the following ones: my, our, your, his/her, their. These are the possessive suffixes, and the possessive pronoun they correspond to. Read more

Learning Quechua 1 – pronouns

Two years ago, as I finished my thesis, moved to a new city, and started a new job, I’ve had to pause my Quechua schedule for about two months. However, after I settled at my new living quarters, I continued my learning process.

To start off, I found two resources that I’ve added to my list: a book by Marcelo Grondin N. called Método de Quechua: Runa Simi. I’m using the second edition (1980). It may take some time to find, but it seems to be a great resource for learning, judging by the good reviews this book has received on language learning forums. Another reason I think this book will make a good resource is because the author attempts to distance himself from the castellanismos (Spanish words adopted by Quechua) that are common nowadays, which suits me since I want to learn Quechua as my father and grandparents spoke it. Read more

Classical Greek, 1: Greek alphabet

This is the first in a series of Classical Greek lessons I am compiling.

The Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters, of which 19 were adapted from the Phoenician alphabet. The Latin alphabet is thought to have evolved from a variant of the Greek alphabet, and therefore there are many letters that have similarities between the Greek and Latin alphabets. The following is a list of the letters of the Greek alphabet, their name and Latin “equivalent” commonly used in transliteration. Read more