Mk.10:17 τί ποιήσω ἵνα ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
Posted: January 24th, 2017, 5:50 am
Here is a question and answer routine that could be used for composition practice. Perhaps you could answer a question or two and pose your own according to the following models.
Variant 1 - with the subjunctive:
Variant 2 - with δεῖ + acc. and inf.:
Variant 1 - with the subjunctive:
<Address - flexible vocative>, <core of the routine - fixed - τί ποιήσω ἵνα> <what is wanted - flexible verb phrase>; ... <introductory imperative - fixed>, <imperative 1><καὶ imperative 2>, καὶ <what will happen>.Mark 10:17, 21 wrote:Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσω ἵνα ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; ... ὕπαγε, ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον, καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ·
Variant 2 - with δεῖ + acc. and inf.:
<Address - flexible vocative>, <core of the routine - fixed - τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν> <what is wanted - flexible subjunctive verb phrase>; ... <imperative 1><καὶ imperative 2>, καὶ <what will happen - flexible future verbal phrase>.Κύριοι, τί με δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα σωθῶ; ... Πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν {χριστόν, καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου.