|e0gw- I||ei0mi- I am|
|sou- You||de- but|
|0au0toj- he||ou0- not|
|au0th- she||ou0k- not|
|au0ton- it||ou0c- not|
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the vocabulary list above.
Some notes of importance:
The word de never stands at the beginning of a clause.
In Greek the negative particle is normally found immediately in front of the word is negates.
Now, to the personal pronouns. They are declined as follows:
|Nom||e0gw- I||h(meij- we|
|Gen||e0mou- of me||h(mwn- of us|
|L.I.D.||e0moi- to me||h(min- to us|
|Acc.||e0me- me||h(maj- us|
(The student should note that the abbreviations for the cases are given above, and will be used from this point on. This should cause no difficulty, as you know the case names by now).
|Nom.||su- you||u(meij- you|
|Gen.||sou- of you||u(mwn- of you|
|L.I.D.||soi- to you||u(min- to you|
|Acc.||se- you||u(maj- you|
|Nom||au0toj- he||au0th- she||au0to- it|
|Gen||au0tou- of him||au0thj- of her||au0tou- of it|
|L.I.D.||au0tw|- to him||au0th|- to her||au0tw|- to it|
|Acc.||au0ton- him||au0thn- her||au0to- it|
|Nom||au0toi- they||au0tai- they||au0ta- they|
|Gen||au0twn- of them||au0twn- of them||au0twn- of them|
|L.I.D.||au0toij- to them||au0taij- to them||au0toij- to them|
|Acc||au0touj- them||au0taj- them||au0ta- them|
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the personal pronouns above.
A pronoun agrees with the noun it is replacing in case, gender and number (just like an adjective).
Whenever the phrase o( au0toj occurs it must be translated "the same".
All of these pronouns must be carefully translated according to their context. Only practice in this art can help one correctly render these pronouns.
The verb ei0mi (to be) is conjugated below.
ei0mi- I am e0smen- we are
ei0- you are e0ste- you are
e0sti (n)- he, she, it is ei0si(n)- they are
The moveable -n occurs frequently in this verb. When it occurs, simply note it. It does not change the translation at all. It was simply used as a syllable closer.
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the verb ei0mi as it is conjugated above. Then, translate the following sentences:
1. didaskw touj ui0ouj mou kai legw au0toij parabolhn
2. e0gw ei0mi douloj, su de ei0 a0postoloj
3. oi( a0delfoi h(mwn blepousin h(maj kai h(meij didaskomen au0touj
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