Lesson 1 | The Greek Verbal System
Assignment
Translate Matthew 5:1–2 by using the five-step translation process:
Clauses: Divide the text into clauses.
Main Verb: Identify the main verb in the clause. (We identified each verb by coloring the word according to its 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