Demonstrative Pronouns / Adjectives
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DemonstrativesDemonstratives
• “This / these” or “that / those”
• The same word can be either…– A Pronoun: “ThatThat is mine.”– An Adjective: “ThatThat car is mine.”
ou-tojNom Sg
Masc
Acc Sg tou/ton
ou-toi,Nom Pl
Gen Pl tou,twn
Gen Sg toutouDat Sg tou,tw|/
tou,toijDat Pl
Acc Pl tou,touj
au[thFem
tau,thn
au-taitou,twn
tau,thjtau,th|
tou,taijtou,taj
tou/toNeuter
tou/to
tou/tatou,twn
tou,toutou,tw|
tou,toijtau/ta
“This”
evkei/noj
Nom Sg
Masc
Acc Sg evkei/nonou-toi,Nom Pl
Gen Pl tou,twn
Gen Sg evkei,nouDat Sg evkei,nw|/
tou,toijDat Pl
Acc Pl tou,touj
evkei,nh
Fem
evkei,nhnevkei/naievkei,nwn
evkei,nhjevkei,nh|
evkei,naijevkei,naj
evkei/no
Neuter
evkei/noevkei/naevkei,nwn
evkei,nouevkei,nw|
evkei,noijevkei/na
“That”
Crasis is when two words Crasis is when two words have a horrible traffic accident have a horrible traffic accident
and are impossible to and are impossible to separate. separate.
kaikai and and egwegw become become
kagwkagw
Three Degrees of An AdjectiveThree Degrees of An Adjective
• Positive: Uncompared “large
• Comparative: Greater of the two “larger”
• Superlative: Greatest of all “largest”
VocativeVocative
• The mood of command
• In plural, identical to nominative
• 1st Declension, vocative looks like nominative
• In 2nd Declension Singular, has e at end of word
• Context is the key