{"id":2004,"date":"2015-10-21T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2015-10-17T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T08:37:45","slug":"scary-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/scary-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2006\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7492\/15652568821_af0312cc81.jpg\" aria-label=\"15652568821 Af0312cc81\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2006\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2006\"  alt=\"by jacilluch under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81-350x268.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by jacilluch under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s Halloween soon. If you don&#8217;t find witches, black cats and jack o&#8217; lanterns scary enough, this post is about one of the most frightening aspects of Greek: matching adjectives, articles and pronouns to their nouns. The adjectives taught at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eur.nl\/english\/ltc\/alumni\/cefr\/a1\/\"> Level A1<\/a> are the ones ending in <strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> (masculine),<strong> &#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u03b7<\/strong> or <strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u03b1<\/strong> (feminine) and <strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u03bf<\/strong> (neuter). The masculine adjectives are declined as the nouns which end in <strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u0395\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 (singular)<\/p>\n<p>\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc. \u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03cc\u03c2 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd. \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03bf\u03cd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u03b1\u03b9\u03c4. \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03cc<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 (plural)<\/p>\n<p>\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc. \u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03bf\u03af<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0393\u03b5\u03bd. \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03ce\u03bd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u03b1\u03b9\u03c4. \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb<strong>\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The endings don&#8217;t change when they define masculine nouns which end in <strong>-\u03b7\u03c2<\/strong> or <strong>-\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong> and here is where grammar begins to be confusing:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The clever students:<\/strong> <strong>\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ad\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/strong> (\u03bf \u03ad\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOT \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ad\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ad\u03be\u03c5\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How much coffee did you have? <em>(lit: how many coffees did you drink?)<\/em> \u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ae\u03c0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c2;<\/strong> (\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03c2) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOT \u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ae\u03c0\u03b9\u03b5\u03c2;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>There are many teachers in our school: \u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOT \u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ad\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03b3\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The delicious mousakas: \u03bf\u03b9 \u03bd\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 (\u03bf \u03bd\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03c2)<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> NOT \u03bf\u03b9 \u03bd\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>She speaks with the Canadian tourists: \u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2.<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOT \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \/ \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to deal with your fears, you can do the following exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise 1<\/p>\n<p>Put the underlined phrases in the plural.<\/p>\n<p>1) \u03a6\u03c4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c7\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd <u>\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf \u03b4\u03c1\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>2) \u0398\u03b1 \u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1 <u>\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>3) \u03a3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c5\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <u>\u03bf \u03a1\u03ce\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>4) \u0395\u03b4\u03ce \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 <u>\u03be\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise 2<\/p>\n<p>Put the underlined phrases in the singular.<\/p>\n<p>1) \u0391\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5 <u>\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u03a0\u03b7\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9 \u03c3\u03b5 <u>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>3) \u0392\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 <u>\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c8\u03b7\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2<\/u>;<\/p>\n<p>4) \u0398\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 <u>\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c1\u03ad\u03c6\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/u> \u03ae \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 <u>\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2<\/u>;<\/p>\n<p>You can check your answers here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/adjectives-plural-and-singular.pdf\">adjectives plural and singular<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you make mistakes, press on regardless!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81-350x268.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\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81-350x268.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/10\/15652568821_af0312cc81.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It&#8217;s Halloween soon. If you don&#8217;t find witches, black cats and jack o&#8217; lanterns scary enough, this post is about one of the most frightening aspects of Greek: matching adjectives, articles and pronouns to their nouns. 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