16: Personal and Reflexive Pronouns

Question 1

αὐτός, -ή, -ό

Answer 1

he, she, it;

himself, herself, itself; (when in intensive use, predicate position)

same (attributive or substantive position)

Question 2

ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ

Answer 2

himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronouns)

Question 3

ἐγώ

Answer 3

I

Question 4

ἐμαυτοῦ

Answer 4

myself (genitive, there is no nominative)

Question 5

ἐμός, -ή, -όν

Answer 5

my (possessive pronoun adjective, often emphatic)

Question 6

ἴδιος, -α, -ον

Answer 6

one’s own, peculiar

Question 7

οἰκία, ἡ

Answer 7

house, family, household

Question 8

οἶκος, ὁ

Answer 8

house, household

Question 9

σεαυτοῦ

Answer 9

yourself (genitive form, there is no nominative)

Question 10

σύ

Answer 10

you

Question 11

ὥδε

Answer 11

here (adverb)

Question 12

ἀτιμάζω

Answer 12

I dishonor

Question 13

τιμάω

Answer 13

I honor

Question 14

What are the alternate singular forms in parentheses used for?

Answer 14

They are used when stress, emphasis, or contrast with another noun or pronoun is desired.

Question 15

In what greek pronouns agree with their antecedents?

Answer 15

In gender and number, but not necessarily in case, because it has its own function in a sentence.

Question 16

What does it mean when pronoun εγω is redundant? How do you translate it?

Answer 16

Because greek verbs include subject information in their endings, when εγω is redundant it communicates emphasis.

You can translate this with “-self” (“I myself”).

Question 17

What is the intensive use of pronouns?

Answer 17

When αυτός or its variations, is translated as “-self” because it is in Predicate Adjective Position. It adds stress when combined with another pronoun or subject noun.

αυτός ό κυριος καταβήσεται

“The Lord himself will descend”

Question 18

Recite First Person Personal Pronoun Paradigm

Answer 18

Question 19

Recite Second Person Personal Pronoun Paradigm

Answer 19

Question 20

Recite Third Person Personal Pronoun Paradigm

Answer 20

Question 21

When is the third person personal pronoun translated as “the same”?

Answer 21

Sometimes when expressed in the attributive or substantive adjective positions.

Question 22

What is the difference between a reflexive and a personal pronoun?

Answer 22

Reflexive pronouns refer to the subject of the clause. That’s why they don’t have a nominative form. (εαυτου, -ης, -ου)

Personal pronouns refer to someone else. (αυτός, -ή, -ό; except in intensive use)

Question 23

What are the pronominal adjectives for?

Answer 23

(εμός, -ή, -όν)

Another way to express possession, in addition to a simple personal pronoun (μου)

It has to be in agreement with the noun and in attributive position (the article is with the pronoun).