Lesson 2 | Vocab
Assignment
Translate Matthew 5:3–12 by using the five-step translation process:
- Clauses: Divide the text into clauses.
- Main Verb: Identify the main verb in the clause. (You can easily spot the verbs, as we’ve colored them according to their tense-form.)
- Subject: Identify the verb’s subject.
- An explicit subject will be in the nominative case.
- Some verbs just have an implicit subject.
- Object: Identify the verb’s object or predicate nominative.
- Action verbs take a direct object (usually in the accusative case).
- Being verbs take a predicate nominative.
- Some verbs do not need a direct object (like ἔρχομαι/Ι come).
- Extras: Identify and diagram the remaining parts.
- A genitive noun should go with its head noun.
- Keep prepositional phrases together.
- The article should stay with the noun it describes.
(1) Divide and diagram; (2) Translate
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A Method to Mark the Greek TextpdfLater in Greek II, and in more detail in Greek III, we will have you highlight verbs in the text yourself. We will have you follow this guide, which you can feel free to download, explore, and ask us questions about.