I hope everyone is doing well! Just beginning my journey with Biblical Greek, and I'm entering my masters program (MTS) in August so I wanted to get a couple of months ahead of the game with the biblical languages. Anyone have tips for memorizing the case endings? I'm having a tough time with them and was wondering if anyone has suggestions. χάριν οἶδα σοι !
- I would seriously recommend considering joining https://www.biblicalmastery.net/. Can’t beat the price for all that is included. The NEW Tutor app is both the flashcard app and the parsing app (included in the membership). He has gone through Mounce and Plummer and now written his own Grammar, which is downloadable and keyed for Logos. His new Grammar reminds me of a cross between Harris and Mounce.
- The Daily Dose of Greek (https://dailydoseofgreek.com/) has a YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDoseofGreek) where they post songs and memory devices to learn case endings. After Logos retired their flashcard tool, I switched to AnkiWeb (https://ankiweb.net/) and Quizlet. I've downloaded both apps to my phone to review cards daily. Best of luck to you.
- Hey there! To memorize case endings, I find it most effective to memorize phrases instead of single words. John William White's "First Greek Book" is a great resource (https://daedalus.umkc.edu/FirstGreekBook/) in which a set of phrases (like, ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος; τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἀνθρώπου; ...)are declined together, making the case-endings more effective to memorize. I also created a case-ending memory sheet where I wrote each of the three groups of declension phrases on a white paper and looks like this. It is a very clear way to compare each group and understand the nature of declension. Hope that helps :)
