Infinitive Parsing — Exercise

Chapter 32 — Infinitive

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A 20-item parsing drill on Greek infinitives. Students parse each form (tense / voice / lexical form), identify the use (complementary, articular/noun, purpose, result, indirect discourse, temporal), and translate. Items are drawn from GNT-style sentences. An answer key is embedded in all formats.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 λύειν Aor Perf Pres Act Pass Articular (subject) Articular purpose (τοῦ) Articular temporal (ἐν τῷ) Complementary Indirect discourse Purpose (εἰς τό) Purpose (πρός τό) Purpose (τοῦ) Result Result (ὥστε) Temporal (ἐν τῷ) ▶

A: 1 λύειν Pres Act λύω Complementary I want to loose the slaves.

Q2. 2 λῦσαι Aor Perf Pres Act Pass Articular (subject) Articular purpose (τοῦ) Articular temporal (ἐν τῷ) Complementary Indirect discourse Purpose (εἰς τό) Purpose (πρός τό) Purpose (τοῦ) Result Result (ὥστε) Temporal (ἐν τῷ) ▶

A: 2 λῦσαι Aor Act λύω Complementary I am not worthy to loose the strap of his sandal.

Q3. 3 διδάσκειν Aor Perf Pres Act Pass Articular (subject) Articular purpose (τοῦ) Articular temporal (ἐν τῷ) Complementary Indirect discourse Purpose (εἰς τό) Purpose (πρός τό) Purpose (τοῦ) Result Result (ὥστε) Temporal (ἐν τῷ) ▶

A: 3 διδάσκειν Pres Act διδάσκω Complementary He began to teach them many things.