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Date: Jun 7, 2005 - 09:17
These are the exercises to Lesson I. Be sure to read the grammar to lesson I carefully and to memorize its vocabulary and the form, meaning and function of the nominativus and accusativus, as well as the meaning and functions of the article and particles.
1. Read and translate into English the following Greek sentences (Jo jono~ : the donkey):
2. Translate into Greek:
1. Why doesn't(1) the slave carry the wine sack?(2)
2. The god mounts(3) the donkey(4) and(5) the donkey carries the god.
3. The slave is in agony, but the donkey is in agony as well.
4. Dionysos says: 'The donkey is toiling, because the donkey carries both the wine sack and the slave.'
In Greek, the negation has to be positioned directly in front of the verb form. (2) Jo jasko~ = wine sack (3) janabainw = to mount (4) Jo jono~ = the donkey (5) use de.
3. Translate this text:
The theatrical festivals in Athens were held in the honor of the god of wine and theatre, Dionysos. The genre of Comedy was used to mock known and famous personalities, like statesmen, politicians, even gods! This text is the first of four captures taken from the story of a famous Athenian comedy, namely The Frogs (Batracoi) by Aristophanes, the most famous comedy poet of the classical period.
Greek examples have been taken from this source:
Mekking, T. & Oranje, H., Een Nieuwe Basis, Cursus Grieks voor Beginners, Amsterdam, 2001.
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