A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek

A scholarly knowledge of Greek requires some time and effort. Every preacher and teacher of the New Testament books would be greatly helped by being able even to refer to the dictionary and to pick out the critical notes in a high-grade commentary.
In many instances memory has grown dim, and there is need of some not too pretentious guide to a new beginning.
Out of many such experiences this meager outline has come, an attempt built up on the old maxim, Do not in the beginning attempt too much.
Useful beginning books are:
Huddilston's Essentials of New Testament Greek (Macmillan, 65 cents).
The Gospel of John in Greek, issued by the Massachusetts Bible Society (10 cents a copy).
Moulton's Brief Dictionary of New Testament Greek (Hinds and Noble, $1.00); or Green's Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament (with supplement. Hastings, Boston, 75 cents).
1. In learning a new alphabet attention need be paid only to such letters as are not already know. Of the Greek alphabet only twelve characters are unfamiliar:
Note. —The small letters, most used, should be learned. The capital letters may be learned as they occur.
2. ε, ο are always short; η, ω, always long; α, ι, υ, sometimes long, sometimes short.
Note 1. —In diphthongs with a long vowel ι is subscribed.
Note 2. —As in music, the difference between long and short is one of time, as