Appendix:Greek pronouns

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Personal pronouns

Emphatic or strong forms

Emphatic pronouns are used to emphasise and should be pronounced with greater stress; they do not have to be dependent on a verb.

		singular					plural
		1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
nominative	English	I	thou	he	she	it	we	ye	they	they	they
	Greek	εγώ 1	εσύ 1	αυτός	αυτή	αυτό	εμείς 1	εσείς 1	αυτοί	αυτές	αυτά
genitive	English	my	thy	his	her	its	our	your	their	their	their
	Greek	εμένα	εσένα	αυτού	αυτής	αυτού	εμάς	εσάς	αυτών	αυτών	αυτών
accusative	English	me	thee	him	her	it	us	you	them	them	them
	Greek	εμένα 2	εσένα 2	αυτόν	αυτήν 3	αυτό	εμάς 2	εσάς 2	αυτούς	αυτές	αυτά
vocative	English	—	thou	—	—	—	—	you	—	—	—
	Greek	—	εσύ	—	—	—	—	εσείς	—	—	—
1. In colloquial speech, these nominative forms may lose their initial ε; the use of an apostrophe in the written form is optional:   e.g. ήρθα 'γώ (I came) 2. Accusative forms lose their initial ε when following από or για, and no apostrophe is used. The plural forms become monosyllabic and therefore lose the accent.   e.g. για μας (for us) 3. The final ν is optional. It is used before a following vowel or the letters κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ.

Clitic or weak forms

These single syllable personal pronouns cannot be used on their own; they are dependent on other words in the sentence.

		singular					plural
		1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
nominative	English	—	—	he	she	it	—	—	they	they	they
	Greek	—	—	τος	τη	το	—	—	τοι	τες	τα
genitive	English	my	thy	his	her	its	our	your	their	their	their
	Greek	μου	σου	του	της	του	μας	σας	τους	τους	τους
accusative	English	me	thee	him	her	it	us	you	them	them	them
	Greek	με	σε	τον	την 1	το	μας	σας	τους	τις / τες 2	τα
1. The final ν is optional. It is used before a following vowel or the letters κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ. 2. τις is used before a verb, τες after a verb.   e.g. Αν τις δεις, πες τες να έρθουν. (If you see them, tell them to come.)

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Possessive pronouns

These pronouns are the same as the genitive forms of the weak personal pronouns.

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
English	my	thy	his	her	its	our	your	their	their	their
Greek	μου	σου	του	της	του	μας	σας	τους	τους	τους

Emphatic possessive pronouns and determiners

Possessive personal pronouns may be preceded by the declinable δικός, δική δικό to stress possession.

• Τα αγόρια θα αγοράσουν καραμέλες με τα δικά τους χρήματα. (Ta agória tha agorásoun karaméles me ta diká tous chrímata., “The boys will buy sweets with their own money.”)

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
English	my, mine	thy, thine	his	her	its	our, ours	your, yours	their, theirs	their, theirs	their, theirs
Greek	δικός μου	δικός σου	δικός του	δικός της	δικός του	δικός μας	δικός σας	δικός τους	δικός τους	δικός τους

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Interrogative pronouns

how much?

declension of   'πόσος'

	m·s	f·s	n·s	m·p	f·p	n·p
nominative	πόσος	πόση	πόσο	πόσοι	πόσες	πόσα
genitive	πόσου	πόσης	πόσου	πόσων	πόσων	πόσων
accusative	πόσο	πόση	πόσο	πόσους	πόσες	πόσα
vocative	πόσε	πόση	πόσο	πόσοι	πόσες	πόσα

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