Participle Translated As Indicative Verb

tjebme
tjebme Member Posts: 170 ✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum
Wondering if it is possible to create a search that lists the results showing where each participle in the NA28 is translated as an indicative verb instead of a participle in a translation (e.g., NASB)?
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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,469

    Wondering if it is possible to create a search that lists the results showing where each participle in the NA28 is translated as an indicative verb instead of a participle in a translation (e.g., NASB)?

    Not if I understand you correctly - beceause the morphology of the words are tied to the underlying original language and not the English translation.

  • Fr Devin Roza
    Fr Devin Roza MVP Posts: 2,409

    Wondering if it is possible to create a search that lists the results showing where each participle in the NA28 is translated as an indicative verb instead of a participle in a translation (e.g., NASB)?

    Not if I understand you correctly - beceause the morphology of the words are tied to the underlying original language and not the English translation.

    I think it should be possible, if I understand you correctly. You could search for all participle forms that are NOT translated with an -ing English word. 

    To do so, go to the Morph search tab, select the Bible you are interested in (souds like the NASB), and enter the following search string: morph.g:VP?P NOT EQUALS *ing

    This search is limited to Greek present participles, but you can ajust it accordingly if you want to include any participle tense. 

  • Kiyah
    Kiyah Member Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭✭

    I think it should be possible, if I understand you correctly. You could search for all participle forms that are NOT translated with an -ing English word. 

    To do so, go to the Morph search tab, select the Bible you are interested in (souds like the NASB), and enter the following search string: morph.g:VP?P NOT EQUALS *ing

    But some participles are substantives (e.g. "the one who calls") so you'd get a bunch of irrelevant results with this search wouldn't you?

  • Fr Devin Roza
    Fr Devin Roza MVP Posts: 2,409

    I think it should be possible, if I understand you correctly. You could search for all participle forms that are NOT translated with an -ing English word. 

    To do so, go to the Morph search tab, select the Bible you are interested in (souds like the NASB), and enter the following search string: morph.g:VP?P NOT EQUALS *ing

    But some participles are substantives (e.g. "the one who calls") so you'd get a bunch of irrelevant results with this search wouldn't you?

    Depends what tjebme is looking for, and how he is understanding "indicative". In English, relative clauses generally have verbs in the indicative form, as is the case in "the one who calls" (as opposed to the possible translation "the one who is calling"). So, he might consider that good enough. Either way, some manual filtering will be needed for sure, as the English grammar is not tagged (as Graham pointed out).