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Notes On Koine Greek: Part 67 2010, T. Michael W. Halcomb | www.MichaelHalcomb.com
1. The Optative Mood: Having made our way through theIndicative, Subjunctive andImperative Mond having developed a visual aid to help us understand our path for learning the Greek VerbalMoods (see Notes
t us now learn the Optative Mood. I should point out here by the way, that now, we are halfway through learning t
ntire Greek Verbal System!!! Very soon, we will be completely through it!
2. Opt-ing In: In Koine (Hellenistic) Greek, the Optative was fading out. Thus, in New Testament Gree
Mounce notes, the Optative only appears 68 times! Here are some of the most common uses, which, when totaled,ppear 44 times of the 68 (ei;h , ge,noito , mh. ge,noito ). So, if you opt-in to learn the Optative, theres not a lot of worft for you to do. To make things even easier, one way to recognize an Optative is to not the presence ofoi,ei, ora
fter the lexcial morpheme. Finally, it should be stated that the Optative is a verb form that expresses a wish or desir
his wish or desire can be negative or positive. There are 4 uses of the Optative, heres a table followed by the Opta
Mood M.A.P.:
Aorist
mhn meqa
so sqe
to nto
Perfect
n men
j te
- en
Present
mhn meqa
so sqe
to nto
Aorist
mi men
j te
- en
Perfect
mi men
j te
- en
Present
mi men
j te
- en
Aorist
n men
j te
- en
Perfect
n men
j te
- en
Present
mhn meqa
so sqe
to nto
*Note that all of theActiveparadigms are the same! Note that the right half of theMiddle & Passive are the same, with the
Aorist Middlejoining them. 3 of the 4 on the left half are the same, again, with the exception of theAorist Middle.
Optative Mood M.A.P. 2010, T. Michael W. Halcomb
2nd Aor. replaces
2nd Sg.e w/qi or j
Command When the Imperative acts as a direct demand upon the will of someone/something else. Cf. Interjection.
Prohibition When the Imperative acts prevenatively, that is, to prevent a recurring or future action. Often used with mh,
Entreaty The opposite of the Command as it expresses a request. Key translation word is please.
Interjection Emphatic, emotional exclamation. Grk. words: o`ra,w , i;de , ivdou, , ouvai, / Eng. See! Look! Woe! Behold! etc.
Future
mhn meqa
so sqe
to nto
Future
mi men
j te
- en
Future
mhn meqa
so sqe
to nto
2nd Aor. is same