How to Use This Sheet / Recommended 200x Core Sequence
How to use this sheet
- Copy the label and the Greek form together. Example: “Gen. sg. - τοῦ λόγου,” not just “λόγου.”
- Say each form aloud as you write it. The goal is automatic recognition of endings, not merely visual familiarity.
- For the strict 200x drill, prioritize the pages marked CORE 200x. Use the later pages as a second wave once the core is effortless.
- Use the fixed noun order Nom. -> Gen. -> Dat. -> Acc. -> Voc.; use the fixed verb order 1sg -> 2sg -> 3sg -> 1pl -> 2pl -> 3pl.
- Copy breathings, accents, iota subscripts, and movable ν exactly. They are part of the written form.
What is intentionally omitted from the core
- The dual number. It exists in Attic Greek but is comparatively uncommon and is best added when your textbook introduces it.
- Very rare perfect/future optatives and other literary edge cases. Recognition notes are included where useful, but they are poor first targets for 200 repetitions.
- Syntax. This is a morphology sheet: it trains forms. Your grammar textbook should supply case uses, clause types, and constructions.
Recommended 200x core sequence
| Stage | Paradigms to copy |
|---|---|
| 1 | Article; 1st declension; 2nd declension; basic 3rd-declension endings |
| 2 | καλός adjective; personal pronouns; αὐτός; relative pronoun |
| 3 | λύω: present/imperfect/future/aorist/perfect indicative |
| 4 | λύω: present + aorist subjunctive; optative; imperative; infinitives |
| 5 | Present/aorist/perfect participles; εἰμί |
| 6 | Second aorist; contract verbs; common -μι verbs; irregular high-frequency forms |
Dialect: standard Attic Greek. Forms follow the traditional school-grammar paradigm style used in Smyth and comparable Attic grammars.
Source: Morphology sheet, p. 1.