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12 Genitive Pronouns Revisited, I like it
12 - θα
της
πω
- I will tell her
You
may have noticed that the above clue from Crosswords 23 & 24 indicates
another use of the genitive pronouns.
Look at the examples of this new use in the sentences below.
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Greek
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Correct
English
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‘Think
Greek’
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μου
δίνει ένα
βιβλίο
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he
is giving me
a book
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to me he is
giving a book
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μου
αγοράζει ένα
δώρο
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he
is buying me
a present
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for me he is
buying a present
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σου
ανοίγει την
πόρτα
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she
is opening
the
door for you
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for
you she is opening the door
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θα
της
πω τα
νέα
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I will tell her
the news
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I will to
her tell the news
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της
ανοίγω την
πόρτα
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I
am opening the
door
for her
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for her I am opening the door
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In
the sentences above there are 2 objects. If we take the first sentence, he
is giving me a
book, we
must ask ourselves:
‘what
is being directly given?’, answer = a
book , and
‘to whom / what is it
being given?’ = me
The
book is the direct
object, me or to
me is the indirect
object.
If we turn the noun (the
book) into a pronoun we get the sentence ‘μου
το
δίνει’. So we get:
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Greek
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Correct English
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‘Think
Greek’
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μου
το
δίνει
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he
is giving
it
to me (a book)
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to me
it
he is giving
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μου
το
αγοράζει
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he
is buying it
for me (a
present)
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for me it he
is buying
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σου
την
ανοίγει
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she
is opening it for
you (a door)
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for you it she
is opening
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θα
της
τα
πω
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I will tell it
to
her (the
news)
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I will to
her it
tell
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της
την
ανοίγω
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I
am opening it for
her (the
door)
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for her it am opening
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You
will have noticed that the genitive
pronoun precedes the accusative
pronoun, which makes
things
doubly confusing for native English speakers!
The
following sentences demonstrate how to request something:
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Greek
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English
translation
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‘Think
Greek’
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μου
φέρνεις μια
πένα;
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would
you bring me
a pen?
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to
me you bring
a pen?
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μoυ
δίνεις το
μολύβι;
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would
you give me the
pencil?
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to
me you give the
pencil?
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του
παίρνεις τον
καφέ του;
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would
you take him
his
coffee?
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to
him
you take the
coffee his
?
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μου
ανοίγετε την
πόρτα;
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would
you open the
door for
me
?
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for
me you open the
door?
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μας
φέρνετε το
λογαριασμό;
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would
you bring us
the bill?
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to us
you bring the bill?
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Genitive
pronouns are also used as follows:
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Greek
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English
translation
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‘Think
Greek’
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μου
αρέσει
σου
αρέσει
μας
αρέσει
σας
αρέσει
του
αρέσουν
της
αρέσουν
τους
αρέσουν
τους αρέσουν
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I
like it
you
like it
we
like it
you
like it
he
likes them
she
likes them
they
like them
they
like them
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me it
pleases
you it
pleases
us it pleases
you it
pleases
him they
please
her they
please
them they
please
them they
please
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Bear
in mind the ‘Think Greek’ translation when you read the following sentences
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μου
αρέσει* ο
άντρας
σου
αρέσει* η
γυναίκα
μας
αρέσει η
αδελφή
σας
αρέσει το
αγόρι
του
αρέσουν οι
εικόνες
της
αρέσουν οι
κόρες
τους
αρέσουν τα
νησιά
τους
αρέσουν οι
σκύλοι
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I
like the man
you
like the woman
we
like the sister
you
like the boy
he
likes the pictures
she
likes the daughters
they
like the islands
they
like the dogs
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me he pleases the man
you she pleases the woman
us she pleases the sister
you he
pleases the boy
him they
please the pictures
her they
please the daughters
them they
please the islands
them they
please the dogs
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*
commonly abbreviated to μ’αρέσει,
σ’αρέσει
Notice
that all the nouns in the above table are subjects because they are ‘doing the
pleasing’.
These
are commonly used expressions so hopefully you won’t have to ‘think Greek’
for too long!
Now
try Crosswords 25.1, 25.2 & 26
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