Attic Greek Personal Pronouns
The personal pronouns including reflexives and reciprocals.
Attic greek personal pronouns. The use of personal pronouns with verbs is not obligatory as persons are indicated by the unique personal endings of the verbs. 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. 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.
Ancient greek grammar is morphologically complex and preserves several features of proto indo european morphology. αὐτός αὐτή αὐτό ν is declined like σοφός 76 except that there is no vocative and the neuter singular nominative and accusative. Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural. While the definite article has the stem τ this pronoun has the stem αὐτ.
In its place is used αὐτός in the oblique cases. 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. Our first pronoun is the greek equivalent he she it.
Lesson 7 relative pronouns. Possessive pronouns κτητικές αντωνυμίες. Personal pronouns are declinable words that express the first second or third person and may be used instead of nouns. More in the file below.
I expect that many. The personal pronoun of the third person is rare in attic prose. The simple sentence consists of the main clause the man has a goat. Consider the following sentence.
Rarely in epic often in later greek the epic demonstrative that epic third person personal pronoun he she it they relative epic ionic poetic attic who which that. 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. Note that for this pronoun attic greek combines the personal and reflexive pronouns into one form for both the singular and plural. 3rd person personal pronoun.
The man who lives next to me has a goat. Nouns adjectives pronouns articles numerals and especially verbs are all highly inflected.