Attic Greek Personal Pronouns

Note also that the resulting form is accented as though it were a regular first or second declension noun with a persistent ultima accent s 329.

Attic greek personal pronouns.

While the definite article has the stem τ this pronoun has the stem αὐτ. Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural. εγώ ζα πάω εσύ δελ ζα παο πνπζελά. Nom gen acc voc singular 1e person 2e person.

Greek uses a single pronoun for all of these and declines it by gender number and case. Consider the following sentence. I shall go you will not go anywhere. Nouns adjectives pronouns articles numerals and especially verbs are all highly inflected.

Our first pronoun is the greek equivalent he she it. Another complication of greek grammar is that different greek authors wrote in different dialects all of which have slightly different grammatical forms see ancient greek dialects. An intensive course and mastronarde s introduction to attic greek but are mainly meant to provide one page overviews of some important verbal paradigms satisfactory versions of many of which i have failed to find in english language greek textbooks. Personal pronouns are declinable words that express the first second or third person and may be used instead of nouns.

The use of personal pronouns with verbs is not obligatory as persons are indicated by the unique personal endings of the verbs. Ancient greek grammar is morphologically complex and preserves several features of proto indo european morphology. οἷ and σφίσι occur oftenest and are reflexive 200. The following table shows the declension of the personal pronouns.

I expect that many. Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural. Lesson 7 relative pronouns. The personal pronoun of the third person is rare in attic prose.

The personal pronouns including reflexives and reciprocals. The man who lives next to me has a goat. Note also that the resulting form is accented as though it were a regular first or second declension noun with a persistent ultima accent s 329. In its place is used αὐτός in the oblique cases.

3rd person personal pronoun. More in the file below. Personal pronouns may be used to add emphassis. The forms placed within brackets are the weak forms the other are the emphatic ones.

The dual and plural are νώ nṓ and ἡμεῖς hēmeîs. Possessive pronouns κτητικές αντωνυμίες. The simple sentence consists of the main clause the man has a goat.