{"id":1506,"date":"2014-07-16T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T14:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2014-07-16T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T14:47:32","slug":"reflexive-pronouns-in-modern-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/reflexive-pronouns-in-modern-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexive pronouns in Modern Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1507\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8263\/8648388239_65840f5838_z.jpg\" aria-label=\"8648388239 65840f5838 Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-image-1507 size-full\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/8648388239_65840f5838_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/8648388239_65840f5838_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/8648388239_65840f5838_z-350x216.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marina del Castell under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you have already come accross the\u00a0 <strong>reflexive pronouns<\/strong> (<em>\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b5\u03c2<\/em>, aftopathees antonimies), this means that you are at an intemediate level. Well done! You can take a look at this article if you&#8217;re in the mood for a quick review.<br \/>\nThe reflexive\u00a0 pronouns are formed by the noun\u00a0 \u00ab\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2\u00bb (<em>eaftos)<\/em> which means \u201cself\u201d and the weak types of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/personal-pronouns-direct-indirect-object\/\">personal pronoun. <\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are used when the action of the subject goes back to the subject itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They are used at the<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> genitive<\/strong><\/span> and the <strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">accusative <\/span><\/strong>case (<em>\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E.g. \u0397 \u03a3\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b5 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/span>. (Ee Stella periegrapse ton eafto tis)<br \/>\nStella described herself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0They can be used at the <strong>nominative<\/strong> case (<em>\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em>) emphatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E.g. \u0397 \u03a3\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03af \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03bf\u00a0 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/span> \u03c6\u03c4\u03b1\u03af\u03b5\u03b9. (Ee Stella kateegoree tous alous ala mono o eaftos tees ftaiee).<br \/>\nSophia blames the others but it\u2019s only herself to blame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b5\u03c2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0395\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2<\/strong> (<em>enikos arithmos<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff;text-decoration: underline\">Singular<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nGen:\u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>tou eaftou mou<\/em>)\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">myself<\/span><br \/>\nAcc:\u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>ton eafto mou<\/em>)\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">myself<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGen:\u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>tou eaftou sou<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">yourself<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>ton eafto sou<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">yourself<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGen: \u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>tou eaftou tou<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">himself, itself<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 (<em>ton eafto tou<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">himself, itself<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGen: \u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<em> (tou eaftou tees)<\/em> <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">herself<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 <em>(ton eafto tees)<\/em> <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">herself<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03cc<\/strong>\u03c2 (pleetheenteekos areethmos) <span style=\"color: #3366ff;text-decoration: underline\">Plural<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nGen:\u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03ce\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 (<em>tou eaftou mas \/ ton eafton mas<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">ourself \/ourselves<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 (<em>ton eafto mas \/ tous eaftous mas<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">ourself \/ ourselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGen: \u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2\u00a0 \/ \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03ce\u03bd \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 (<em>tou eaftou sas \/ ton eafton sas<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">yourself \/ yourselves<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 (<em>ton eafto sas \/ tous eaftous sas<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">yourself \/ yourselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGen: \u03a4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2\u00a0 \/ \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 (<em>tou eaftou tous \/ ton eafton tous<\/em>) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">themself\/ themselves<\/span><br \/>\nAcc: \u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2\/ \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 (ton eafto tous \/ tous eaftous tous) <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">themself \/ themselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u039c\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1<\/strong><\/span> (The examples are translated directly)<br \/>\n\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ad\u03c7\u03c9 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>. (<em>Den proseho ton eafto mou)<\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t look after myself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u0397 \u03a3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u03af <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/span> \u03c5\u03c0\u03b5\u03cd\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03c4\u03cd\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1. (<em>Ee Sophia theoree ton eafto tees eepeftheeno gia to ateeheema<\/em>)<br \/>\nSophia\u00a0 considers herself responsible for the accident .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u0393\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd; \u03a0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2\u00a0 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>! (<em>Giatee douleveis toso pole? Prepei na vrees<\/em> <em>hrono gia ton eafto sou<\/em>)<br \/>\nWhy do you work so much? You have to find time for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u0397 \u0386\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u039a\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ba\u03ad\u03c6\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03c1\u03ce\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>\u03c2. (<em>Ee Anna kai o Kostas skeftontai<\/em> <em>prota ta paidia tous kai meta ton eafto tous<\/em>)<br \/>\nAnna and Costas think of their children first and after of themsef.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u039d\u03b1 \u03bb\u03c5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/span>, \u03cc\u03c7\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bc\u03ac\u03c2. (<em>Na leepaste ton eafto sas kai ohee emas<\/em>)<br \/>\nYou should be sorry of yourselves and not of us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u03a0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2<\/span>. (<em>Prepee na meeleesoume gia ton eafto ma<\/em>s)<br \/>\nWe have to talk about ourself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1508\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3140\/2987599021_62928a524d_b.jpg\" aria-label=\"2987599021 62928a524d Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-image-1508 size-full\"  alt=\"2987599021_62928a524d_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z-350x217.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes under a CC license on flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www2.media.uoa.gr\/language\/grammar\/details.php?id=90<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.greek-language.gr\/greekLang\/ancient_greek\/tools\/composition\/page_019.html<\/p>\n<p>To avoid any technical misunderstandings that might arise, please note that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>this blog <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>does not<\/strong> <\/span>substitute a grammar book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>it\u2019s impossible to cover all the aspects of a topic related to grammar, vocabulary and culture in a limited amount of words. Therefore, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>only specific parts<\/strong> <\/span>of an aspect can be discussed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please, feel free to leave your comments at the end of the post or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.greek\">Facebook page<\/a>. \u0395\u03c5\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ce!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z-350x217.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z-350x217.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/2987599021_62928a524d_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>If you have already come accross the\u00a0 reflexive pronouns (\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b5\u03c2, aftopathees antonimies), this means that you are at an intemediate level. Well done! You can take a look at this article if you&#8217;re in the mood for a quick review. The reflexive\u00a0 pronouns are formed by the noun\u00a0 \u00ab\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2\u00bb (eaftos) which means \u201cself\u201d and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/reflexive-pronouns-in-modern-greek\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[337470,292972,337467,337461,337460,337462,337458,337469,337463,127,337457,337465,337466,337459,337464],"class_list":["post-1506","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-examples-of-the-reflexive-pronouns-in-greek","tag-greek-grammar","tag-greek-pronouns","tag-herself","tag-himself","tag-itself","tag-myself","tag-ourself","tag-ourselves","tag-pronouns","tag-reflexive-pronouns-in-modern-greek","tag-themself","tag-themselves","tag-yourself","tag-yourselves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}