[b-greek] Re: What is meant by "DELIBERATIVE QUESTIONS"

From: Sylvia Schmitz (Sylvia.Schmitz@t-online.de)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 01:52:52 EST


Wayne Leman schrieb:
> Sylvia asked:
>
>
> > in my studies of "New Testament Greek for Beginners" by Prof. J. Gresham
> Machen
> > I came across the term "Deliberative Questions", but I didnot get any clue
> what
> > this term means. The dictionary (Englisch-German and "Webster's
> Encyclopedic
> > Dictionary") did not help to understand this term.
> >
> > Could someone be so kind to answer this question?
>
> Sylvia, Machen is referring to a question where the speaker is wondering
> (deliberating) about what to do, for example:
>
> "What shall I eat?"
> "What should be do?"
> etc.
>
> Often the Greek verb in the question is in the subjunctive mood.
>
> Wayne
> ---
> Wayne Leman
> Bible translation site: http://bibletranslation.lookscool.com/
>
Wayne,

thank you for your answer. It helped me to understand this concept.

Sylvia Schmitz
Student
Sylvia.Schmitz@t-online.de
Mainz, Germany


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