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Lesson
14 Strong accusative (object)
pronouns
These are as follows:
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(ε)μένα
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me
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(ε)μάς
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us
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(ε)σένα
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you
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(ε)σάς
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you
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αυτόν
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him
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αυτούς
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them
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αυτήν
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her
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αυτές
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them
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αυτό
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it
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αυτά
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them
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As with the nominative
pronouns, the strong accusative pronouns are used to
emphasise and therefore they are shown in italics.
Examples of how they
are used are as follows:
| η Ελένη
ετοιμάζει τον
καφέ γι’αυτόν
αυτή η
θέση
είναι για σένα
εκείνη
η θέση
είναι γι’αυτήν
το δέμα
είναι γι ‘αυτούς όχι εμάς
αυτό το
δώρο
είναι για σας
οι
μπύρες
είναι από μένα
το δώρο
είναι από αυτές
στέλνω γράμματα
σ’ αυτούς
στέλνει
γράμματα
σε σένα;
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Helen
prepares the coffee for him
this
place is for you
that
place is for her
the
parcel is for them
not us
this
present is for you
the
beers are from me
the
present is from them
I am sending letters
to them
is he
sending letters to you?
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Note how some of the
words are shortened to accommodate vowels.
These strong pronouns
are also used before verbs.
| εμένα
θέλει όχι εσάς
εσένα
αγαπάω όχι αυτήν
αυτόν
αγαπάει
όχι σένα
αυτήν
βλέπω κάθε μέρα
όχι αυτόν
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he
wants me not you
I love you
not her
she
loves him
not you
I see her
every day not him
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