|eu0aggelizomai||I preach the gospel|
|e0an (with subjunctive)||if|
|ei0 (with indicative)||if|
|i9na (with subjunctive)||in order that|
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the vocabulary above.
The verbs we have studied so far have all been indicative in mood. (Remember, verbs have voice (active or passive), tense (past, present, future, etc), and mood.
The subjunctive mood indicates action that is possible or potential. For example:
The subjunctive mood is used in the following ways:
1- The Hortatory Subjunctive- exhorting someone to action.These possibilities will be clear in the context of the sentence which is being translated.
2- The Prohibitive Subjunctive- action is prohibited.
3- The Deliberative Subjunctive- the same as the rhetorical question in English.
The Subjunctive Mood is also used in conditional sentences. In the Greek New Testament there are 4 kinds of conditional sentences. They are:
(ei0 with the indicative mood)
(ei0 with the indicative followed by an with the indicative)
(e0an with the subjunctive)
(ei0 with the optative followed by an with the optative)
Now we will learn the forms of the Subjunctive Mood.
The Present Subjunctive of ei0mi is:
The Present Active Subjunctive of luw is:
The First Aorist Active Subjunctive of luw is:
The present Middle and Passive Subjunctive of luw is:
The 1st Aorist Passive Subjunctive of luw is:
Notice that the paradigms above have no translation with them. This is because subjunctive verbs cannot be correctly translated without a context. The student must know whether a sentence containing a subjunctive verb is 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th class to correctly render it. There will be plenty of time to practice translating these verbs -- they are all over the New Testament.
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the paradigms above, and translate the following sentences.
1. ei0 au0th e0stin h9 marturia tou i0dontoj ton kurion pisteuw au0thn
2. ei0 e0khruxaj to eu0aggelion, oi9 a0n a9martwloi e0pisteusan
3. e0an ei0selqhte ei0j thn oi0kian tou maqhtou, didacai u9min touj logouj thj zwhj
4. mh ei0selqhj ei0j touj oi0kouj twn ponerwn
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