[B-Greek] predicative, attributive and case

James Forsyth james at bigbeing.com.au
Tue Aug 12 20:54:34 EDT 2003


Hi B-Greek,

Apologies in advance for the basic question:

Is there a rule or guideline which assists in exceptions to translating the 
predicate adjective construction?  My feelings tell me that there may be, 
and that it is dependent on case and whether the sentence makes sense in 
English.

An example of the difficulty, in English, is as follows:

"We are going to the church is good on Sunday."

If all the elementary clues indicate that this should be translated as a 
predicative (i.e. the article is not seen next to the adjective), what 
guidelines are placed alongside this to prohibit a nonsensical translation 
and bring us back to the attributive?

Thanks in advance,

James Forsyth




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