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The Adjectives - Τα Επίθετα
Lesson 17 - Greek Grammar
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Let's take a break from the difficult lessons now.
This is an easy one. Adjectives (τα Επίθετα) are words that describe a noun. Example: good man, tall boy, red car. The words good, tall, and red, describe the nouns man, boy, and car; therefore as we said, they are adjectives. Whatever is an adjective in English, is an adjective in Greek also. One of the characteristics of adjectives is that they can be all three
genders. Thus an adjective can be Masculine, Feminine and Neuter. Table 17.1
The adjectives follow the same rules of declension as the
nouns.
If an adjective describes a masculine noun, it becomes masculine and it gets declined according to the rules of Masculine nouns. The same goes for Feminine nouns and Neuter nouns. If you did not study too well the declension of the nouns, please go back and do so. Here are the lesson links, to save you time searching: Genders Genders Part 2 The Declension The Declension of Masculine The Declension of Feminine The Declension of Neuter |
The Declension of the Neuter