Mark 4 : 34

Greek χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς and Latin sine parabola autem are prepositional phrases governing the genitive/ablative; Syriac ܘܕܠܐ ܡܬܠܐ uses the relative particle d- with the negator lā ('and which without a parable'), a typical Syriac analytic construction. The Greek and Latin postpositive connective (δέ / autem) is rendered in Syriac by the prefixed conjunction w- on the first token.

The Greek imperfect ἐλάλει and the Latin imperfect loquebatur express durative past action with a single finite verb; Syriac forms the equivalent periphrastic past with the participle ܡܡܠܠ plus the auxiliary ܗܘܐ ('was speaking'), the standard Syriac means of marking continuous past aspect.

Greek κατ᾽ ἰδίαν ('privately') and Latin seorsum ('apart, separately') are adverbial idioms for solitary instruction; Syriac ܒܝܢܘܗܝ (literally 'between/among him', i.e. 'in private, to himself') conveys the same notion through a different spatial metaphor.

Greek τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς and Latin discipulis suis both render 'to his own disciples' with an explicit possessive; Syriac collapses this into the single inflected noun ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ ('to his disciples'), the possessive being encoded by the pronominal suffix, and positions it earlier in the clause than the Greek and Latin.