Just open this thread I will explain why I decided to start this thread.
First I wanted to try something like the weather thread but that involved different vocabulary. Further weather is something that just happens to us. It’s not entirely true that postings on the weather thread are as a result passive descriptions - for example quite a few posts describe how the poster responded to some change in the weather. Nonetheless, I thought it would be nice to choose something that involves a more active take on things. My first thought was “What I eat today” but in truth its not something I would normally tell my friends. However, talking about how my Greek study is something I am always keen to talk about - indeed I have to hold back for fear being a bore.
The second reason is as a result What is the Grammar-Translation method? I have had to confront the fact that the language study I do is heavily biased towards methods that I have grave doubts about how effective they are. The reason is because how I study is very much the result of some things “taking” and becoming habits. Those habits are a big reason why have not given up the study of Greek despite being rather stuck and so I so I hesitate to switch to different methods for fear of ending up not doing anything at all. This is apparently a common dilemma - habits are essential to ensure a language learner keeps putting in the time every day but harmful in that they prevent the changing of methods that is essential for success. My hope is if this thread works the way the weather thread has worked for me then the need to think of something new to say will mean that I will be seeking out new study methods just to keep up what will become the habit of posting to this thread.
But feel free to join in anyhow you like. I do suggest that you don’t try and put down everything you do in a day - that way you may quickly run out of things to say. However, the only real rule is that it should be in Greek (with the exception of corrections). So lets see how it goes.
Smyth : 2018. Verbs of thinking almost always take the infinitive. Such are: think ἡγοῦμαι, οἴομαι, δοκῶ, νομίζω; hope ἐλπίζω; suppose ὑπολαμβάνω; suspect ὑποπτεύω; guess εἰκάζω; feel confident πιστεύω; disbelieve ἀπιστῶ. The use of ὡς is rare, while ὅτι is very rare (2580).
