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Οι Κτητικές Αντωνυμίες
The Possessive Pronouns
Lesson 21 - Greek Grammar
The possessive pronouns
( οι Κτητικές Αντωνυμίες ) show possession.
Example: My book / My own book. The "my, my
own" is a possessive pronoun. It shows that the book belongs to "me".
The weak types of the possessive pronouns are:
Table 21.1
Ενικός Αριθμός - Singular
Πληθυντικός Αριθμός - Plural
First Person
μου (mine, my)
μας (ours)
Second Person
σου (yours)
σας (yours)
Third Person
του (his),
της (hers),
του (its)
τους (theirs)
Many times the adjective "δικός (own),
δική,
δικό" is used before the
"μου, σου, του, etc." So we have "δικός μου (my own),
δική μου (my own) when we refer to
feminine,
δικό του (its
own) when we refer to neuter, etc.
These are the strong types. We can decline the strong types of the possessive pronouns.
Their declension follow the same rules of declension as the nouns that we
learned in the previous lessons.
In other words if the adjective "δικός"
is in the masculine form we decline it the same as a masculine noun.
The weak types of possessive pronouns go
after the noun,
not before as they do in English.
The weak types are not declined.
Let's see some examples of the strong and weak types of
the Possessive Pronouns:
Table 21.2
- Αυτό είναι το βιβλίο μου.
(This is my book)
- Έχω το* δικό μου το
αυτοκίνητο. (I have my own car)
- Αυτό είναι το μολύβι του.
(This is his pencil)
- Αυτή έχει δικό της σπίτι.
(She has her own house)
- Το σκυλί τους.
(Their dog)
*Sometimes we need to put the article in front of the possessive
pronoun (το δικό μου), and the noun for emphasis, or because
"δικός", is an adjective and the adjectives always start
with an article.
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The possessive pronouns
( οι Κτητικές Αντωνυμίες ) show possession.
Example: My book / My own book. The "my, my own" is a possessive pronoun. It shows that the book belongs to "me". The weak types of the possessive pronouns are: Table 21.1
Many times the adjective "δικός (own),
δική,
δικό" is used before the
"μου, σου, του, etc." So we have "δικός μου (my own),
δική μου (my own) when we refer to
feminine,
δικό του (its
own) when we refer to neuter, etc.
These are the strong types. We can decline the strong types of the possessive pronouns. Their declension follow the same rules of declension as the nouns that we learned in the previous lessons. In other words if the adjective "δικός" is in the masculine form we decline it the same as a masculine noun. The weak types of possessive pronouns go
after the noun,
not before as they do in English. The weak types are not declined.
Let's see some examples of the strong and weak types of
the Possessive Pronouns:
Table 21.2
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The Personal Pronouns