Lesson 27: Pronouns

We have already learned the personal pronouns and the demonstrative pronouns. he other kinds of Greek pronouns. All of these will be declined, just like all the other nouns and pronouns we have studied.

1- The relative pronoun, o9j, who, which, that.

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	o9j	h9	o9
Gen.	ou9	h9j	ou9
L.I.D.	w9	h9	w9
Acc.	o9n	h9n	o9

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	oi9	ai9	a9
Gen.	w9n	w9n	w9n
L.I.D.	oi9j	ai9j	oi9j
Acc.	ou9j	a9j	a9

(Notice that each of these has a rough breathing mark, which will distinguish them from the definite article already learned.).

As we learned in out study of the other nouns and pronouns, a noun or pronoun agrees in gender, case and number with the word it is referring to. Please remember this VERY important rule during this lesson as well.

2- The interrogative pronoun tij, who?, what?

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	tij	tij	ti
Gen.	tinoj	tinoj	tinoj
L.I.D.	tini	tini	tini
Acc.	tina	tina	ti

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	tinej	tinej	tina
Gen.	tinwn	tinwn	tinwn
L.I.D.	tisin	tisin	tisin
Acc.	tinaj	tinaj	tina

3- The indefinite pronoun, tij, ti, someone, something. (same as above, accept no accent marks are used in the printed Greek text).

4- The indefinite relative pronoun o9stij, who. This pronoun occurs ONLY in the nominative case in the singular and plural.

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	o9stij	h9tij	o9ti

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	oi9tinej	ai9tinej	a9tina

5- The Reflexive pronouns.

First person, myself.

	Masc.	Fem.
Gen.	e0mautou	e0mauthj
L.I.D.	e0mautw	e0mauth
Acc.	e0mauton	e0mauthn

	Masc.	Fem.
Gen.	e9autwn	e9autwn
L.I.D.	e9autoij	e9autaij
Acc.	e9autouj	e9autaj

Second Person, yourself

	Masc.	Fem.
Gen.	seautou	seauthj
L.I.D.	seautw	seauth
Acc.	seauton	seauthn

	Masc.	Fem.
Gen.	e9autwn	e9autwn
L.I.D.	e9autoij	e9autaij
Acc.	e9autouj	e9autaj

Third Person, himself, herself, itself.

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Gen.	e9autou	e9authj	e9autou
L.I.D.	e9autw	e9auth	e9autw
Acc.	e9auton	e9authn	e9auto

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Gen.	e9autwn	e9autwn	e9autwn
L.I.D.	e9autoij	e9autaij	e9autoij
Acc.	e9autouj	e9autaj	e9auta

6- The reciprocal pronoun a0llhlwn, one another.

This occurs only in these three forms in the New Testament: a0llhlwn, a0llhloij, and a0llhlouj. In function it shows an interaction between two subjects. I.e., a0gapwmen a0llhlouj, "let us love one another", etc.

7- The possessive pronouns.

First person, e0moj,

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut
Nom.	e0moj	e0mh	e0mon
Gen.	e0mou	e0mhj	e0mou
L.I.D.	e0mw	e0mh	e0mw
Acc.	e0mon	e0mhn	e0mon

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut
Nom.	e0moi	e0mai	e0ma
Gen.	e0mwn	e0mwn	e0mwn
L.I.D.	e0moij	e0maij	e0moij
Acc.	e0mouj	e0maj	e0ma

The second person is soj, (masculine) sh, (feminine) and son (neuter) and is declined as the first person.

The third person is i0dioj (masculine), i0dia, (feminine) and i0dion (neuter) and is also declined as the first person.

The plurals are h9meteroj, -a, -on for the first person, and u9meteroj, -a, -on for the second person.

8- The Negative Pronouns.

ou0deij- no one, usually with the indicative mood.

mhdeij- usually with the other moods.

The negative pronoun occurs only in the singular, and both are easily recognized in every case, gender, and number.

ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the paradigms above for the pronouns and translate I John 1:5-10.