111 Learning Journal #4

[Daniel Matthew Kunath]

We have embarked on another unit of pronouns, this time focusing on indefinites. These are easier to remember, because parts of the words are found in other words, such as καθένας (every one), whose root, κάθε, “every”, is found in words like καθεμέρα, “everyday”. Every one of the indefinite pronouns (or at least the ones we covered) has a recognizable root in other Greek words, so they are not at all difficult to keep track of: much better than memorizing the definite pronouns, which have nothing to recall any parts of their meaning, except their endings to indicate person, number, and gender. They melt into other words and become indistinguishable to me in speech. Even though these past few class meetings have been about indefinite pronouns, I will still be spending more of my energy on remembering the definite ones.