A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek

by Wallace N. Stearns

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).

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I. THE ALPHABET

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:

A,	Β,	Γ,	Δ,	Ε,	Ζ,	Η,	Θ,	Ι,	Κ,	Λ,	Μ,
α,	β,	γ,	δ,	ε,	ζ,	η,	θ,	ι,	κ,	λ,	μ,
a,	b,	g,	d,	ĕ,	z,	ē,	th,	i,	k,	l,	m,
Ν,	Ξ,	Ο,	Π,	Ρ,	Σ,	Τ,	Υ,	Φ,	Χ,	Ψ,	Ω,
ν,	ξ,	ο,	π,	ρ,	σ(ς),	τ,	υ,	φ,	χ,	ψ,	ω,
n,	ks,	ŏ,	p,	r,	s,	t,	u,	ph,	ch,	ps,	ō,

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.

ā as "a" in father.	ī as "i" in machine.
ă as "a" in papa.	ĭ as "i" in pin.
η as "e" in fete.	ω as "o" in note.
ε as "e" in met.	ο as "o" in obey.
υ equals approximately "eu" in feud or the French u.