Mark 4 : 21

The Greek imperfect ἔλεγεν ('he was saying') is matched by the Latin imperfect dicebat, both conveying durative or repeated speech; the Syriac ܘܐܡܪ is a simple perfect bundled with the conjunction, lacking the explicit imperfective nuance.

Greek introduces direct discourse with recitative ὅτι followed by a colon; the Vulgate marks the same with a bare colon. The Syriac has no separate particle here, folding the transition directly into the interrogative ܕܠܡܐ.

Greek purpose conjunction ἵνα is rendered by Latin final ut; the Syriac expresses the same purpose clause without a discrete conjunction, embedding it in the prefixed relative-locative ܕܬܚܝܬ at the next token.

The purpose conjunction ἵνα / ut is repeated in Greek and Latin; the Syriac again has no discrete conjunction, encoding the clause through the prefixed relative ܕܥܠ at the following token.