- *Elpizō*
- present, indicative, active, 1st person singular - I hope
- *de*
- postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
- *hoti*
- conjunction - that
- *gnōsesthe*
- future, indicative, middle, 2nd person plural - you will know
- *hēmeis*
- personal pronoun, nominative, 1st person plural - we
- *ouk*
- negative particle - not
- *esmen*
- present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we are
- *adokimoi*
- adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - unapproved/failing the test