Section 1C.b. English to Greek

Question 1

but (“however”)

Answer 1

ἀλλά

Question 2

for

Answer 2

γάρ

Question 3

we

Answer 3

ἡμεῖς

Question 4

don’t

Answer 4

μή

Question 5

no; not

Answer 5

οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ

Question 6

how!

Answer 6

ὡς

Question 7

Sden. I do not hear [it], friends.

Answer 7

ΖΗΝ. (more frantically) ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἀκούω, ὦ φίλοι.

Question 8

Don’t worry!

Answer 8

μὴ φροντίζετε.

Question 9

But come over here and look … over here!

Answer 9

αλλὰ δεῦρο ἔλθετε καὶ βλέπετε, δεῦρο.

Question 10

For I see the markets and the merchant ships.

Answer 10

ὁρῶ γὰρ τὰ ἐμπόρια καὶ τὰς ὁλκάδας ἔγωγε.

Question 11

Do you also see the markets?

Answer 11

ἆρα ὁρᾶτε τὰ ἐμπόρια καὶ ὑμεῖς;

Question 12

CAPTAIN and DIK. We ourselves also see (them). So what?

Answer 12

ΚΥΒ. καὶ ΔΙΚ. ὁρῶμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς. τί μήν;

Question 13

SDEN. O Poseidon, how beautiful are the merchant ships, how beautiful are the markets!

Answer 13

ΖΗΝ. (waxing lyrical) ὦ Πόσειδον, ὡς καλαί εἰσιν αἱ ὁλκάδες, ὡς καλά ἐστι τὰ ἐμπόρια.

Question 14

But look over here, friends.

Answer 14

ἀλλὰ δεῦρο βλέπετε, ὦ φίλοι.

Question 15

CAPTAIN Listen, Sdenothemis, and don’t say “How beautiful are the markets.”

Answer 15

ΚΥΒ. ἄκουε, ὦ Ζηνόθεμι, καὶ μὴ λέγε “ὡς καλά ἐστι τὰ ἐμπόρια.”

Question 16

For we hear the noise clearly.

Answer 16

ἡμεῖς γὰρ τὸν ψόφον σαφῶς ἀκούομεν.

Question 17

DIK. But where is the noise [coming] from?

Answer 17

ΔΙΚ. ἀλλὰ πόθεν ὁ ψόφος;

Question 18

CAPTAIN. From below, Dikaiopolis.

Answer 18

ΚΥΒ. (pointing down below) κάτωθεν, ὦ Δικαιόπολι.

Question 19

Why don’t we go down ourselves?

Answer 19

διὰ τί οὐ καταβαίνομεν ὑμεῖς;

Question 20

Come on, Dikaiopolis —

Answer 20

ἐλθέ, ὦ Δικαιόπολι —

Question 21

SDEN. Where are you going? Where are you going?

Answer 21

ΖΗΝ. (by now quite desperate) ποῖ βαίνετε ὑμεῖς; ποῖ βαίνετε;

Question 22

Why don’t you stay, friends?

Answer 22

διὰ δί οὐ μένετε, ὦ φίλοι;

Question 23

Don’t worry. For I see —

Answer 23

μὴ φροντίζετε. ὁρῶ γὰρ ἐγώ —

Question 24

but (“however”)

Answer 24

ἀλλά

Question 25

for

Answer 25

γάρ

Question 26

we

Answer 26

ἡμεῖς

Question 27

don’t

Answer 27

μή

Question 28

no; not

Answer 28

οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ

Question 29

how!

Answer 29

ὡς