Grammar 32 | Special Uses of Adjectives

Question 1

neuter-o adjectives

Answer 1

1. αὐτος / αὐτη / αὐτο -> he / she / it
2. ἀλλος / ἀλλη / ἀλλο -> other
3. ἀλληλος / ἀλληλη / ἀλληλο -> one another
4. ἐκεινος / ἐκεινη / ἐκεινο -> that
5. οὑτος / αὑτη / τουτο -> this

Question 2

ἐκεινος / οὑτος / ὁλος in predicative use

Answer 2

atrtibutive meaning is expressed through predicative word order without verb “to be”:

1. adjective – article – noun
   (e. g. οὑτος ὁ προφητης = this prophet)
2. article – noun – adjective
   (e. g. ὁ προφητης οὑτος = this prophet)

Question 3

αὐτος as identical adjective

Answer 3

attributive word order:

1. article – adjective – noun
   (e. g. ὁ αὐτος ανθρωπος = the same man)
2. article – noun – article – adjective
   (e. g. ὁ ανθρωπος ὁ αὐτος = the same man)

Question 4

αὐτος as emphatic adjective

Answer 4

predicative word order:

1. article – noun – adjective
   (e. g. ὁ ανθρωπος αὐτος = the man himself)
2. adjective – article – noun
   (e. g. αὐτος ὁ ανθρωπος = the man himself)

Question 5

ἐκεινος / οὑτος as demonstrative pronouns

Answer 5

pronoun used on its own

(e. g. οὑτος = this man/person)
(e. g. ἐκεινη = that woman)