τρέπω, τρέψω, ἔτρεψα, τέτροφα, τέτραμμαι, ἐτράπην (ἐτρέφθην), τραπήσομαι
It seems unusual to have the root vowel change like this from epsilon to omicron to alpha. Does anybody know off the top of their head why this happens? τρέφω is similar.
It seems unusual to have the root vowel change like this from epsilon to omicron to alpha. Does anybody know off the top of their head why this happens?
spiphany wrote:sing, sang, sung, song etc).
in English because the pronunciation of vowels is determined by stress, if the stress shifts so does the vowel quality.
pster wrote:But I had never stopped to notice this case where there are three short vowels sloshing around and I was wondering whether there was any principle at work. My curiosity was also piqued by the fact that otherwise, this verb follows a general pattern.
pster wrote:Hmm. I don't see any difference in stress with respect to this verb. But maybe I don't understand stress in English. Heck, I didn't realize until fairly recently, that French doesn't really have accents, and I can speak the language! Are stress and accent the same? (Assuming we are not talking about pitch accents.) To be or not to be... Why do we put the stress on the even syllables? I'm confused.
Markos wrote:You raise an excellent question, but we don’t know, and we cannot know, why ablaut takes place, because we do not know whether Greek or any other language evolved accidently over thousands of years or was intelligently designed. (cf. Gen. 2:19 and 11:7)
ἔγραψεν ἡ Σπιφανη Eh, I wouldn't be quite so quick to dismiss the work of generations of historical linguists.
sphiphany wrote: Eh, I wouldn't be quite so quick to dismiss the work of generations of historical linguists.
surely you will acknowledge that languages do change over time?
surely you will acknowledge that languages do change over time?
annis wrote:Is this standard practice at Textkit now? Straightforward questions on Greek morphology hijacked to become yet another dreary battlefront in the endless American culture wars?
annis wrote:Is this standard practice at Textkit now? Straightforward questions on Greek morphology hijacked to become yet another dreary battlefront in the endless American culture wars?
pster wrote:Typically I ask some flatfooted question and spiphany or Nate answers it.
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