What could be better than spending a beautiful summer day (i.e. yesterday) in a rowing boat on the lake at the University of Nottingham…
ANSWER: Spending a beautiful summer day (i.e. yesterday) in a rowing boat on the lake at the University of Nottingham WHILE ENGAGING IN GREEK DIALOGUES!…
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Is that a greek “Doctor Who” script?
Oh… you mean “Iatros Tis”? Yup, I’m auditioning for the part of K9 in the new series. Or as we call him, Kappa 9.
Beautiful landscape!
To die for!
Shame about the goose poo all over the banks
…and the half-submerged shopping trolley…
What? Those blinking notts students – louts – every one. I’ve often thought it a very good idea though, to borrow a trolley, as we lug those shopping bags home, full of heavy melons. But not park it in the lake! And the Asda trolleys all lean sideways otherwise I probably would…
Where is the script your holding from? And why is it using uncontracted forms?
It’s from a resource called ‘Ancient Greek Alive’ – an introductory Classical Greek course that emphasises saying stuff out loud. The course uses uncontracted forms in its early weeks, in order to introduce things in a relatively simply way.
Ok, I have that one–by Paula Saffire, right?. I have skimmed it, since I am teaching Greek using living language methods, but if I recall, her oral material was fairly limited after the beginning chapters. Now that I realize she uses uncontracted forms, I am even more disappointed. Uncontracted forms aren’t real Greek words–they’re scholarly abstractions! Thanks for the reply–I enjoy the blog.