{"id":1993,"date":"2015-09-30T14:47:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2015-09-30T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:47:38","slug":"examples-of-the-accusative-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/examples-of-the-accusative-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Examples of the accusative case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1995\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7631\/16595547800_e90644d9c5.jpg\" aria-label=\"16595547800 E90644d9c5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1995\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1995\"  alt=\"By Xalion Malik under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Xalion Malik under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Greek is not one of the easiest languages to learn and most learners quit their efforts before they reach an intermediate level. In Greek, words such as articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs are not invariable but they change according to their function in the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>One of the issues that Greek teachers have to deal with when they teach beginners is the introduction of the<em> \u03b1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em> (accusative case), which means nothing to a native English speaker. In this post, there are some examples of the use of the <em>\u03b1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em> with practical explanations and an exercise. The examples refer to the masculine nouns but the patterns provided cannot be applied to any masculine noun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use of the <em>\u03b1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After the prepositions <em>\u03c3\u03b5<\/em> (se), <em>\u03bc\u03b5<\/em> (me), <em>\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/em> (apo), <em>\u03b3\u03b9\u03b1<\/em> (gia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0397 \u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Niki is working on the computer.<\/p>\n<p>\u039f \u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">(\u039d\u039f\u03a4: \u039f \u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 <del>\u03bf \u0391\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2<\/del>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Petros is speaking with Alexandros.<\/p>\n<p>\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf<\/span> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">(NOT: \u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <del>\u03bf \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/del> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These flowers are from my boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ae \u03b7 \u03bc\u03c0\u03af\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u0399\u03ac\u03c3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">(NOT: \u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ae \u03b7 \u03bc\u03c0\u03af\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 <del>\u03bf \u0399\u03ac\u03c3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2<\/del>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This beer is for Iasona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In order to indicate the direct object of the verb. The direct object is found when we ask the question <strong>what<\/strong> or <strong>whom<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u039f \u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc<\/span>. Nikos is paying the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a4\u03af \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2; What is Nikos paying? <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc<\/span>. The bill. The noun <em>the bill<\/em> is in the accusative case.<\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u0386\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03b5 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae <\/span>\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2. Anna saw her teacher.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03b5 \u03b7 \u0386\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1; Whom did Anna see? <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae<\/span> \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2. Her teacher. The noun teacher is in the accusative case.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Declination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0395\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 Singular<\/p>\n<table width=\"472\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u039f\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc.<\/td>\n<td width=\"135\">\u03bf \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"121\">\u03bf \u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\u03bf \u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u0391\u03b9\u03c4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"135\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf<\/td>\n<td width=\"121\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u039f\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc.<\/td>\n<td width=\"135\">\u03bf \u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u0391\u03b9\u03c4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"135\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf<\/td>\n<td width=\"121\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 Plural<\/p>\n<table width=\"472\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u039f\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc.<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u0391\u03b9\u03c4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u039f\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc.<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">\u0391\u03b9\u03c4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translate the sentences in Greek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Do you want the bill?<\/p>\n<p>2) Maria is buying the computer.<\/p>\n<p>3) We are going to the doctor.<\/p>\n<p>4) They are talking to their friends.<\/p>\n<p>5) She is home with her husband.<\/p>\n<p>6) Pavlos is helping the tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can check your answers here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/translation_accusative.pdf\">translation_accusative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5-350x197.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\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/16595547800_e90644d9c5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Greek is not one of the easiest languages to learn and most learners quit their efforts before they reach an intermediate level. 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