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Lesson 13
Nominative Pronouns
In Lesson 3 it was stated that the words for ‘I’, ’you’,
‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ etc. do exist in Greek. They are as follows:
| εγώ είμαι
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I am
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(ε)μείς
είμαστε
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we are
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| εσύ είσαι
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you are
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(ε)σείς είστε
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you are
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| αυτός
είναι
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he is
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αυτοί
είναι
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they
are
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| αυτή
είναι
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she
is
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αυτές
είναι
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they
are
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| αυτό
είναι
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it
is
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αυτά
είναι
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they
are
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Notice that the pronouns are in italics. This is because they are
only used when it is needed to add emphasis.
Below are some examples of their usage:
| είμαι από την
Αθήνα
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I am from Athens
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| εμείς είμαστε
από την
Κρήτη
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We are from Crete
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| θέλω κρασί
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I
want wine
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| εγώ θέλω μια
μπύρα
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I want a beer
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| αυτοί
είναι από την
Αθήνα ...........
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they
are from Athens
.........
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| και αυτές
είναι από την
Κρήτη
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and
they are from Crete
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| σας
ευχαριστώ, κύριε*
..........
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thank
you sir.......
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| κι εγώ
ευχαριστώ
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and
I thank (you)
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It is also used when
replying to someone when they ask how you are
| τι κάνεις, Γιάννη;
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how are you John
?
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| καλά, εσύ;
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well
(and) you?
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| τι κάνετε κύριε*
Σμιθ;
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how
are you Mr Smith?
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| καλά, εσείς;
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well
(and) you?
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* This is called the vocative case. You won’t come
across it very often but that’s why ‘Mr’ ends in an ‘ε’.
We will look at it more closely in a later lesson.
Now try Crosswords 27 & 28
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