Koine Greek/10

10 The Definite Article is employed in combination with nouns, and is declined in gender, number, and case, to correspond with them.

There is no Indefinite Article in Greek, but its place is often supplied by the Indefinite Pronoun (any, a certain).

The Following forms, which should be carefully committed to memory, afford a general type of the inflections of nouns, adjective, and pronouns, and will therefore be useful in their acquisition.

11. The Definite Article, the.

ὁ - the

	Singular			Plural
	Masc.	Fem.	Neut	Masc.	Fem.	Neut
Nom	ὁ	ἡ	τό	οἱ	αἱ	τὰ
Gen	τοῦ	τοῦ	τοϋ	τῶν	τῶν	τῶν
Dat	τῷ	τῇ	τῷ	τοῖς	ταῖς	τοῖς
Acc	τόν	τήν	τό	τούς	τάς	τά

12. Indefinite Pronoun: any, a certain, a

τις - any, a certain, a

	Singular		Plural
	Masc/Fem	Neut	Masc/Fem	Neut
Nom	τις	τι	τινές	τινά
Gen	τινός	τινός	τινῶν	τινῶν
Dat	τινί	τινί	τισί(ν)	τισί(ν)
Acc	τινά	τι	τινάς	τινά

13. In the two forms now given there are three particular patterns applicable to all nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

1) Neuters are alike in the nominative and accusative of number. Neuters plural, nominative and accusative all end in α. 2) The dative singular always ends in i; although to the vowel the iota is subscript (please note, this needs to be added) 3) The genitive plural always ends in ων.

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