Attic Greek Personal Pronouns

Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural.

Attic greek personal pronouns.

Greek uses a single pronoun for all of these and declines it by gender number and case. While the definite article has the stem τ this pronoun has the stem αὐτ. The personal pronouns including reflexives and reciprocals. The use of personal pronouns with verbs is not obligatory as persons are indicated by the unique personal endings of the verbs.

Personal pronouns are declinable words that express the first second or third person and may be used instead of nouns. The dual and plural are νώ nṓ and ἡμεῖς hēmeîs. I expect that many. Paradigm gender and number case attraction inverse attraction the words who which and what are relative pronouns when they are used to introduce a relative clause.

αὐτός αὐτή αὐτό ν is declined like σοφός 76 except that there is no vocative and the neuter singular nominative and accusative. Personal pronouns may be used to add emphassis. The personal pronoun of the third person is rare in attic prose.

Ancient greek grammar is morphologically complex and preserves several features of proto indo european morphology. 3rd person personal pronoun. Nom gen acc voc singular 1e person 2e person.

More in the file below. 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. The following table shows the declension of the personal pronouns. οἷ and σφίσι occur oftenest and are reflexive 200.

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. 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. The forms placed within brackets are the weak forms the other are the emphatic ones. Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural.

The simple sentence consists of the main clause the man has a goat. I shall go you will not go anywhere. Possessive pronouns κτητικές αντωνυμίες. In its place is used αὐτός in the oblique cases.

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. Our first pronoun is the greek equivalent he she it. Lesson 7 relative pronouns. The man who lives next to me has a goat.