Modern Greek/Appendix I
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Masculine nouns
Group 1
Σκύλος, dog, is a masculine noun. Note the different forms of the definite article.
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | ο σκύλος | the dog | οι σκύλοι | the dogs |
| Genitive | του σκύλου | of the dog | των σκύλων | of the dogs |
| Accusative | το(ν) σκύλο | the dog | τους σκύλους | the dogs |
| Vocative | σκύλε! | dog! | σκύλοι! | dogs! |
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Feminine nouns
Group 1
The noun Η ώρα (the hour, the time) is shown below:
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | η ώρα | the hour | οι ώρες | the hours |
| Genitive | της ώρας | of the hour | των ωρών | of the hours |
| Accusative | την ώρα | the hour | τις ώρες | the hours |
| Vocative | ώρα! | hour! | ώρες! | hours! |
Audio recording: Modern_greek_2c.ogg
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Neuter nouns
Group 1
Το παιδί (the child)
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | το παιδί | the child | τα παιδιά | the children |
| Genitive | του παιδιού | of the child | των παιδιών | of the children |
| Accusative | το παιδί | the child | τα παιδιά | the children |
| Vocative | παιδί! | child! | παιδιά! | children! |
Verbs
First Conjugation
| γράφω | γράφουμε |
| γράφεις | γράφετε |
| γράφει | γράφουν |
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The verbs έχω, to have, and είμαι, to be
Two important verbs are έχω, to have, and είμαι, to be. The first-conjugation verb έχω is regular in the present tense, so it has the same endings as γράφω.
| έχω | έχουμε |
| έχεις | έχετε |
| έχει | έχουν |
Audio recording: Modern_greek_1j.ogg
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To be in English is expressed in the active voice, but the Greek είμαι is passive, and doesn't have an active form. The ending -μαι is a typical, regular ending for passive verbs.
| είμαι | είμαστε |
| είσαι | είστε |
| είναι | είναι |
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Pronouns
Pronouns have cases, number and gender just as regular nouns do. To make the tables appear simpler, the pronouns have been separated into persons.
| First Person | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Nominative | εγώ | I | εμείς | we |
| Genitive | μου | mine | μας | ours |
| Accusative | με | me | μας | us |
| Second Person | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Nominative | εσύ | you | εσείς | you |
| Genitive | σου | yours | σας | yours |
| Accusative | σε | you | σας | you |
| Third | Person | |||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||
| Gender | M | F | N | M | F | N | ||
| N | αυτός | αυτή | αυτό | he, she, it | αυτοί | αυτές | αυτά | they |
| G | του | της | του | his, her, its | τους | τους | τους | their |
| A | τον | την | το | him, her, it | τους | τους | τα | they |