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    The Greek article is a small word that indicates gender and case and agrees with the noun it refers to. There is a definite article and an indefinite article. The definite article is used when referring to something specific or generally to a group. Proper nouns in Greek always take the definite article. The indefinite article is used for things that are indefinite or being introduced for the first time. The indefinite article has no plural form and indefinite pronouns are used instead.

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    The Greek article is a small word that indicates gender and case and agrees with the noun it refers to. There is a definite article and an indefinite article. The definite article is used when referring to something specific or generally to a group. Proper nouns in Greek always take the definite article. The indefinite article is used for things that are indefinite or being introduced for the first time. The indefinite article has no plural form and indefinite pronouns are used instead.

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    The Greek article is a small word that indicates gender and case and agrees with the noun it refers to. There is a definite article and an indefinite article. The definite article is used when referring to something specific or generally to a group. Proper nouns in Greek always take the definite article. The indefinite article is used for things that are indefinite or being introduced for the first time. The indefinite article has no plural form and indefinite pronouns are used instead.

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    The Greek article is a little declinable word which has three genders: masculine,
    feminine and neuter. There is a definite and an indefinite article which both agree in
    gender, number and case with the noun they refer to. The accusative singular masculine and
    feminine of the definite article and the accusative masculine of the indefinite article are
    used with the letter (ʆ) when the following word starts with a vowel or the (combination)
    consonants .

      
    
    
    Singular
    Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
    nom ʉ ɻ ʏʉ
    gen ʏʉʐ ʏɻʎ ʏʉʐ
    acc ʏʉ (ʆ) ʏɻ (ʆ) ʏʉ
    voc - - -

    Plural
    Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
    nom ʉɿ ʉɿ ʏɲ
    gen ʏʘʆ ʏʘʆ ʏʘʆ
    acc ʏʉʐʎ ʏɿʎ ʏɲ
    voc - - -
    The definite article is used:
    - when the speaker refers to a person, animal or object which is known or has been
    previously introduced, for example: ɷɿɲɴɳɺʘ  ɴɿɴʄʀʉ ʋʉʐ ʅʉʐ ɹɷʘʍɸʎ. (I am reading the
    book you gave me.)
    - when the speaker speaks generally and refers to a group of similar things or a whole
    species, for example: c ʄɿʉʆʏɳʌɿ ɸʀʆɲɿ ʉ ɴɲʍɿʄɿɳʎ ʏʘʆ ɺʙʘʆ. (The lion is the king of the
    animals.)

    ˜ V
    that proper nouns in Greek are always preceded by a definite article.

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    Singular
    Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
    nom ɹʆɲʎ ʅɿɲ ɹʆɲ
    gen ɸʆʊʎ ʅɿɲʎ ɸʆʊʎ
    acc ɹʆɲ (ʆ) ʅɿɲ ɹʆɲ
    voc - - -

    The indefinite article is used when the speaker refers to a person, animal or object which is
    indefinite and unknown or is introduced for the first time, for example: ȵʀɷɲ "ɲʌʃʉʑɷɲ
    ʍʏʉ ɴʉʐʆʊ. (I saw a bear on the mountain.)

    ˜ V
    that the indefinite article has no plural form, indefinite pronouns can be used
    instead.

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