- *legontes*
- present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
- *hoti*
- conjunction - that
- *houtos*
- demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this
- *anthrōpos*
- nominative, masculine, singular - man/person
- *ērxato*
- aorist, 3rd singular, middle - began
- *oikodomein*
- present infinitive, active - to build
- *ouk*
- negative particle - not
- *ischysen*
- aorist, 3rd singular, active - was able
- *ektelesai*
- aorist infinitive, active - to finish/complete