Modern Greek Quote For September 17th, 2023

[Brian K. Mitchell]

Quote

 

Τα καλά πράγματα έρχονται εκείνους που ξέρουν να περιμένουν

Good things come to those who know enough to wait

Quote taken from: https://el.sainte-anastasie.org/articles/bienestar/las-cosas-buenas-les-llegan-a-aquellos-que-saben-esperar.html

 

 

 

Glossary:

Τα (the) 

καλά (good) 

πράγματα (things)

έρχονται (coming)

σε (in, to, at)

εκείνους (those / them)

που(which/where/that)

ξέρουν (know)

να (to)

περιμένουν (wait /expect)

Edited September 17, 2023 by Brian K. Mitchell

[Lawrence]

3 hours ago, Brian K. Mitchell said:

Τα καλά πράγματα έρχονται σε εκείνους που ξέρουν να περιμένουν

Good things come to those who know enough to wait

 

I'm curious about how σε ("you", singular) interacts with ἐκείνους ("that", plural).

Why isn't it "... ὑμάς ἐκείνους ..." for numerical agreement?

[Brian K. Mitchell]

3 hours ago, Lawrence said:

 

I'm curious about how σε ("you", singular) interacts with ἐκείνους ("that", plural).

Why isn't it "... ὑμάς ἐκείνους ..." for numerical agreement?

 

In modern Greek σε can be used as preposition.

Please check out the video. Also, I have added a brief glossary to the opening post.

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Brian K. Mitchell

[Donald Cobb]

This is actually an interesting evolution of the Ancient Greek work εἰς. Compare the use of σε in this video – e.g., Πάω στην Ἐλλάδα – with this Ἔρχομαι εἰς τὴν Ἐλλάδα and you can see immediately where it comes from. Thanks for the quote and the video, @Brian K. Mitchell!