Lesson 3 | The Second Noun Pattern, Prepositions, and Connectors
Guided Practice 1: John 3:17
In the next five steps, we want to practice and use what we learned to read the Greek NT. On each step, you will find a verse from the Greek NT with first and second pattern nouns, along with prepositions and connectors. You need to do the following things:
Read the verse aloud.
Parse any first or second pattern nouns. This means that you need to identify the noun’s lexical form, case, gender, and number. For example, I would parse λόγῳ as dative, masculine, singular from λόγος.
Try to translate each clause by using our five-step translation process in the practice area beneath each verse.
Click on the video after each clause to check your work against mine.
I colored the main verbs red in each sentence. If you do not know a word or cannot remember how to parse it, click on the word in the phrasing module to bring up its information. However, avoid doing this whenever possible. I suggest that you work with a piece of paper so that you can write down the parsing for each word.
(1) Read Aloud. (2) Parse any first or second pattern nouns. (3) Translate with the 5 Steps.
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