How to master any chapter of any beginning Greek grammar in 4 easy steps!

I know how hard beginning Greek can be, but while it is different to learning other subjects, there are really only 4 things you need to do to master any concept in a beginning Greek grammar. I this video, I walk you through those 4 steps so that you can breeze through any concept in any grammar you might be going through. Each of these 4 steps builds a part of the bridge to get from knowing nothing to mastering the concepts in that chapter.
3:25 Vocab
4:50 Paradigms
7:00 Parsing
9:20 Translation
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[@DavidUebergang]

Timestamps: 1) Vocab 3:30 2) Paradigms 4:50 3) Parsing 7:00 4) Translation 9:20. Thanks!

[@alexandersmith9385]

The VPPT bridge provides the structure to my morning study. I spend 10 minutes for writing paradigms, 10 each for vocabulary and parsing and 30 for translation.

[@andreialves6260]

Thanks Darryl! This tip of writing the paradims over and over is very helpfull. It's boring but rewarding.

[@LongforTruth1]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! I click on almost every video from MBL that shows up on my YT home page.

[@bma]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheJesusNerd40]

Great video for beginners in Greek. I'm starting to do these 4 steps all over again to refresh my first year Greek. Thanks Dr. Daryl!

[@andytaylor1741]

Great video. Going to use this next week as I start my Beginning NT Greek class in my church. Best tip ever for Greek...do something every single day.

[@thenighthawkdrummer]

Thanks for your work and the hours you've put into your videos! Although I'm not a member of Master New Testament Greek (I've almost finished up Merkle and Plummer's introductory grammar) I've benefited from your videos. They're a great resource for so many things with Greek, but mainly they're a great encouragement to keep plugging away at Greek each day!

[@bma]

Glad you find them helpful! Thanks so much for watching!

[@DoulosXristou0]

This video was very encouraging. Especially since I've been doing this for the last month after I started with Beginning New Testament Greek. I use anki, which handles the spacing of the repetition nicely, which I write out by hand instead of just looking at the words on a flashcard (this would be MY personal one tip that has helped me a lot). Before I start with my allocated 45 min/day with Greek, I first check my anki app if I have any new words/paradigms to learn/review, and go through that first, before I even look at the paragraph in the grammar I'm working through. If I spend all 45 min only memorizing/reviewing vocab and/or paradigms, then that's how that day goes. I also add new chapter's paradigms and vocab to the app before I actually start studying that chapter's content, so that also forces me to memorize it before i tackle the chapter. All this together is giving me a nicely paced, thorough work-through of each chapter before I move on to the next, and it leaves me actually feeling confident about a chapter before I move on to the next.

[@retireddoc6145]

The difficulty for me was that it took 2-3 hours per day to study and build the V, P, P, T bridge. I really admire those that only needed 1 hour a day of study to learn this material. But it does take all these steps to be successful...you just need to find the amount of time you need.

[@troyrowe7670]

The writing out of paradigms, is true with most languages. I took 4 years of Spanish at my high school, and when we learned a new tense to conjugate, we would right then out so much, my hand would start cramping. But it worked. So I recommend that. And as I start my biblical Greek, I'll start to implement all this other advice

[@elliottfaure1226]

Great content! Thank you.😊

[@dekaronde603]

Your welcome Sir

[@stevehobby3854]

Apart from wishing I had seen this before Beginning Greek :-) it is a great help as I follow your Restoring Beginning Greek process. Your willingness to share your learning and experience is an inspiration and helps save precious time. Thanks Dr. Darryl

[@bma]

Glad it was helpful! Get my refresh pack at mntg.me/refresh too - it might be helpful!

[@markmarkster]

Outstanding video

[@georgeclayson902]

One tip I always give to people beginning NT greek is to begin reading the NT every day from the very start. At first you won't get much from it, but it will begin to cement what you are learning and by immersing yourself in the language you will be learning as you read, whether you know it or not.

[@samlamerson8372]

this is wonderful. Thanks so much for all of your hard work. I'll share this video with my students and I am sure that they will be blessed,

[@bma]

Thanks Dr. Lamerson! I appreciate your help and support!

[@johnnybaker3792]

Love your videos! Just curious if you have a video or have any feelings on N. Clayton Croy's Primer? It is what I am using in class and must say I am overwhelmed by the lack of knowledge within English grammar let alone Greek. I picked up English Grammar to ACE NT Greek and that is helping

[@bma]

Hey Johnny! Thanks for your question! Yes, I’ve reviewed Croy’s grammar. You’ll find the review here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHOsi3uiqstgrpI - Thanks so much for watching!

[@noelojendiz924]

Your the best brother!

[@DavidUebergang]

Four things start at 3:30

[@donaldcannyjr1245]

Darryl, have you done a review yet for Grammatical Concepts 101 For Biblical Greek by Gary Long? If not, do you plan on doing one at all?

[@bma]

No - but great suggestion

[@johnnyapplea617]

What are some tips you have for buying books in New zealand. I've always found it expensive to get books over here.

[@bma]

Yes. You are correct and I don't have a magic bullet for that unfortunately. I normally buy electronically which saves shipping. Normally kindle books are less expensive than physical books too. I also have quite a big Logos library, but Logos books are not necessarily less expensive than physical books, but you still don't pay shipping and the ability to search them is helpful. Also gracebooks.co.nz has a very good selection of books here in New Zealand, but not much from a language perspective. I hope that helps!

[@johnnyapplea617]

@@bma Thanks so much, helps a lot.

[@yolandasolis7159]

What are your suggestions for getting the vocabulary?

[@bma]

Hey Yolanda, I've done a couple of videos on this. Start with this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYemaYWOe95ljbM and then you might also benefit from this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vJYYWPbteWf7c I hope that helps!

[@yolandasolis7159]

I will check them out, thank you. Do you have anything on Hebrew as well?

[@reformeddogmatics8317]

I would be appreciative for you to review "Koine Greek Grammar: An exegetical and pragmatic handbook" by Fredrick J. Long. It is the text book that we used at my seminary.

[@bma]

Its on my "coming soon" list. Sorry it took so long. I only just got a copy.

[@someperson9536]

What do you think of making up your own sentences as a way to remembering the vocabulary and paradigms?

[@bma]

Great idea! This is probably a very helpful way to develop a better knowledge of the language as a whole.