 | Suggestions on easy ways to use accusative case in Greek |
| I know this is a fundamental part of Greek, but as a native English speaker, I can't get my head around de-constructing sentences before I even open my mouth, to get the masculine forms of the accusative right. Does anyone have any tips that may help me get this once and for all? |
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I'm also only a beginner, but my suggestion is to memorize some models and practice word substition, eg, ο άνθροπως βλέπει την αγαλάδα (o anthropws vlepei teen agalatha) ο άνθροπωσ βλέπει το τραπέζει (o anthropos vlepei to trapezei) ο άνθροπως βλέπει τον άνθροπο (o anthropws vlepei ton anthropo) (and I apologize for my poor spelling and poor transcriptions, and any mistakes in my grammar) |
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Please see the reply to jordan swenson's previous query by michael wood** it is brillant and is the best exlanation I have seen so far on the accusative case Also see my addition to the replies under the same heading If this does not help please state on technical questions as I have a number of book references on the accusative case |
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I guess here, Caroline, that your problem is in the lack of practice. You and many of us, know how to form the accusative form of some noun and can do it properly when we have some time to think it over, but not when speaking fast. Believe me, I also have some difficulties here, even if my mother tongue is Russian which has 6 cases (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Instrumental and Prepositional) We really have to do some exercises but this course does not have them at all. The Streamline English course's teacher's book (Caroline, you are a native speaker, you do not have to know about this book) suggests the following kind of drill: I see a big cat. dog call My friend have Now I will explain what it is all about: Teacher: I see a big cat. a student: I see a big cat. teacher: dog a student: I see a big dog. teacher: call a student: I call a big dog... Try to construct something like this for yourself. OF course, this thing should be done in class and very quickly, but we can do what we can. Hope this helps. |
