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LESSON ONE

Transliteration of words

Exercise 1

Χριστός (Christós) – Christ

εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion) – gospel

κύριος (kýrios) – Lord

Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) – Jesus

πίστις (pístis) – faith

ἁμαρτία (hamartía) – sin

βασιλεία (basileía) – kingdom

ἀγάπη (agápē) – love

πνεῦμα (pneûma) – spirit

σωτηρία (sōtēría) – salvation

 

LESSON TWO

Transliteration of a passage. Mark 1

Exercise 2

Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ,

καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ·

Ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου,

ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου·

φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ.

Ἐγένετο Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.

Arche tou euangeliou Iesou Christou yiou tou Theou,

kathos gegraptai en to Esaiia to prophētē

Idou apostellō ton angelon mou pro prosōpou sou,

hos kataskeuasei tēn hodon sou;

phōnē boōntos en tē erēmō, Hetoimaste tēn hodon Kyriou, euthias poiēte tas tribous autou.

Egeneto Iōannēs ho baptizōn en tē erēmō kai kēryssōn baptismatos metanoias eis aphesin hamartiōn.

 

Exercise 3.

Find and identify the case of the above considered declensions in the following sentences. Also, do your best to read the sentences.

1. Καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο (John 1:14)

ὁ λόγος  –  Case: Nominative

2. παντὸς ἀκούοντος τὸν λόγον τῆς βασιλείας (Matthew 3:19)

τὸν λόγον – Case: Accusative

3. ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου (Luke 1:2)

τοῦ λόγου – Case: Genitive

4. ὁ λόγος ὁ σὸς ἀλήθειά ἐστι (John 17:17)

ὁ λόγος – Case: Nominative