Workbook Lesson 5A—Genitive and Dative Case Review |
Student’s Name: _________________________ |
In this exercise you will improve your understanding of the Dative Case and the Genitive Case by seeing how they are used to express thoughts in well-known scriptures. Please read each scripture below, look it up in an English Bible, and answer the printed questions about the underlined portion. You will need to refer to Grammar 5—Russian Case Charts.
Vocabulary:
ученик—disciple
нога—foot, leg
рука—hand, arm
отвечать—to answer
свой—belonging to the subject of the sentence
всё--everything
сила—strength
имя--name
отец--father
сын--son
Иоанна 13:5: После этого он налил в таз воды и начал мыть ученикам ноги и вытирать их полотенцем, которым был опоясан.
- Who is getting their feet washed by Jesus? ________________
- What word is used in Russian for the recipients of this service? ________________
- This word is in the dative case. Why? __________________________
Иов 14:15: Ты позовёшь, и я отвечу тебе. Ты затоскуешь по делу своих рук.
- Who is doing the calling? ______________
- Who is doing the answering? ______________
- To whom is the answer given? _______________
- Write the word from this phrase that is in the Dative Case: ________________
Bonus Questions
- Hint: remember that the genitive case is the “of” case
- Hint: the phrase своих рук is plural, so look in the part of the case chart for plural nouns.
- How is the word своих translated in the English NWT? ___________
- To whom does своих refer in this sentence? _______________
- In what case is the word рук? ______________
- What is the literal translation of своих рук? _______________
Филиппийцам 4:13: Всё мне под силу благодаря тому, кто меня укрепляет.
- Which underlined word is in the dative case? _________
- What does this word literally mean? (Remember, the dative is the “to” case.) ___________
- How is “Всё мне под силу” rendered in English? ______________
- Why is is so much shorter in Russian?
Матфея 24:14: Эта благая весть о царстве будет проповедана по всей обитаемой земле для свидетельства всем народам, и тогда придёт конец.
- From what you know about this verse, who is receiving the witness? ____ ____ ___________
- Which of the underlined phrases above expresses this? _______ __________
- Why is it in the dative case? ____________________
Матфея 28:19: Поэтому идите и во всех народах подготавливайте учеников, крестя их во имя Отца, Сына и святого духа
- Which underlined words are in the Genitive Case ______ ______ _______ _______
- Circle the three words that are nouns.
- Put a box around the one that is an adjective.
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