Mark 11 : 3

The Greek conditional particle ἐάν and Latin si stand independently, whereas the Syriac fuses the conjunction and conditional into the single proclitic form ܘܐܢ ('and-if'), hence the overlap with the preceding 'and'-group; the semantic content is identical.

Greek εἴπῃ (aorist subjunctive) and Syriac ܢܐܡܪ (imperfect) both render the protasis verb 'should say'; the Vulgate dixerit (future-perfect subjunctive) plus a colon adds explicit punctuation introducing direct speech, which the Greek marks only with raised dot.

Greek ποιεῖτε and Latin facitis are synthetic present indicatives ('you do'); the Syriac employs the periphrastic active participle plus enclitic pronoun ܥܒܕܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ, the standard Syriac means of expressing the present tense, hence two tokens for one verbal idea.

Greek τοῦτο ('this') is rendered demonstratively by Syriac ܗܕܐ but is omitted in the Vulgate, which leaves Quid facitis? without an object; the Latin question mark here corresponds to the Greek interrogative force carried by τί.

The Peshitta adds the indirect object ܠܗ ('to him'), specifying the addressee of the disciples' reply; neither the Greek nor the Vulgate supplies this dative pronoun, the Syriac filling out the discourse for clarity.

The Greek recitative ὅτι and Latin quia both introduce the quoted speech; the Syriac instead prefixes the proclitic ܕ ('that') directly to ܠܡܪܢ, fusing the complementiser with the following phrase.

Greek ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ ('its lord/master', i.e. of the colt) and Latin Domino (dative) both retain the third-person reference to the animal's owner; the Syriac ܡܪܢ reads 'our Lord', a christological intensification interpreting κύριος as the messianic title rather than the colt's owner.

Greek expresses need with the idiom χρείαν ἔχει ('has need') and Latin analogously with necessarius est ('is needful'); the Syriac uses the single ethpeel verb ܡܬܒܥܐ ('it is required/needed'), a synthetic construction equivalent in sense.

The Greek καὶ εὐθὺς and Latin et continuo each use a conjunction plus adverb ('and immediately'); the Syriac compresses this into the single lexicalised adverb ܘܡܚܕܐ which already incorporates the conjunctive waw.

The Greek adverb πάλιν ('again/back') is present in NA28 but unrepresented in both the Peshitta and the Vulgate, which read simply 'sends it here'; the omission reflects the wider textual fluidity of this clause in Mark 11:3.