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Correlative particles are used as a pair to join together two different words, phrases, or clauses. The first particle is a correlative adverb. The second particle is a correlative conjunction. For example, consider the sentence, "You may choose either this book or that book." The words "either" and "or" are correlative particles. The word "either" is a correlative adverb. The word "or" is a correlative conjunction. The two correlative particles work together and as a result join together the two phrases "this book" and "that book."
| εἴτε | γρηγορῶμεν | εἴτε | καθεύδωμεν | ἅμα | σὺν | αὐτῷ | ζήσωμεν |
| eite | grēgorōmen | eite | katheudōmen | hama | syn | autō | zēsōmen |
| whether | we are awake | or | we are asleep | together | with | him | we will live |
whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him."
| τότε | λέγει | τοῖς | μαθηταῖς | αὐτοῦ | Ὁ | μὲν | θερισμὸς | πολύς | οἱ | δὲ | ἐργάται | ὀλίγοι· | ||
| tote | legei | tois | mathētais | autou | ho | men | therismos | polys | hoi | de | ergatai | oligoi? | ||
| then | he says | to | disciples | his | the | harvest | (is) | much | the | but | workers | (are) | few |
Then he says to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Note
The adverbial particle μεν is not translated.
| ἢ | γὰρ | τὸν | ἕνα | μισήσει | καὶ | τὸν | ἕτερον | ἀγαπήσει | ἢ | ἑνὸς | ἀνθέξεται | καὶ | τοῦ | ἑτέρου | καταφρονήσει |
| ē | gar | ton | hena | misēsei | kai | ton | heteron | agapēsei | ē | henos | anthexetai | kai | tou | heterou | kataphronēsei |
| either | for | the | one | he will hate | and | the | other | he will love? | or | one | he will be devoted | and | the | other | he will dispise |
for either he will hate the one and he will love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and he will despise the other.
