Aorist Tense:
Simple fact.
Once and for all.
Specific.
ἐθέλω μαθεῖν τὴν ἑλληνικὴν γλῶτταν.
I want to learn Greek, meaning: learn it so as to know it.
Unless of course you want to say: I want to be busy with that study.
What do you want to do (=be doing) this afternoon? - Oh, I intend to do some Greek studying
ἐν νῷ ἔχω μανθάνειν τὴν ἑλληνικὴν γλῶτταν.
Aorist Infinitive Forms
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NO past tense marker |
| μαθ |
2nd aorist stem |
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NO past tense marker |
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2nd aorist stem |
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τί βούλει ποιεῖν;
βούλομαι μανθάνειν I want to study
τί βούλει μανθάνειν;
βούλομαι μανθάνειν τὸ ἐνδέκατο μάθημα I want to study lesson 11 (=spend some time on it)
διὰ τί;
βούλομαι καταλαβέσθαι τὸν ἀόριστον I want to understand the aorist (once and for all)
We say under-stand, the Greeks say: down-grab/seize
Remember: (seizes, grabs hold of)
ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς λαμβάνεται τῆς τοῦ Μινωταύρου κεφαλῆς.
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