Monday 29 April 2019

Pronouns in Koine Greek (聖經希臘文中的代名詞)


There are three main groups of pronouns - personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns (this/that), relative pronouns, and reflexive/reciprocal pronouns.

1.1 Personal and the respective reflexive/reciprocal pronouns: (first and second person)

Personal Pronoun

First person pronoun (I/me/we/us)
Second person pronoun (you)

Sing
Sing(emphatic form)
Plu
Sing
Sing(emphatic form)
Plu
Nominative
ἐγώ
ἡμεῖς
σύ
ὑμεῖς
Genitive
μου
ἐμοῦ
ἡμῶν
σου
σοῦ
ὑμῶν
Dative
μοι
ἐμοί
ἡμῖν
σοι
σοί
ὑμῖν
Accusative
με
ἐμέ
ἡμᾶς
σε
σέ
ὑμᾶς
Reflexive/Reciprocal Pronoun (myself/yourself)

mas
fem
plural see table 1.2
mas
fem
plural see table 1.2
Genitive
ἐμαυτοῦ
ἐμαυτῆς
σεαυτοῦ
σεαυτῆς
Dative
ἐμαυῷ
ἐμαυτῇ
σεαυτῷ
σεαυτῇ
Accusative
ἐμαυτόν
ἐμαυτήν
σεαυτόν
σεαυτήν


There are several remarks in relation to first and second person personal pronouns: 
  • many personal pronouns are enclitics (meaning no accent of their own yet are usually pronounced closely with the preceding word)
  • however, these pronoun enclitics may be accented for emphasis or when it is the first word of a sentence;
  • the first person singular form may be made emphatic by adding an epsilon in the beginning and adding an accent as shown above
  • when there is καί + ἐγώ there will be καγώ, meaning “and I”
  • the nominative form of personal pronoun may sometimes mean oneself and used as a reflexive pronoun


1.2 Personal pronouns αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό (third person)


Singular
Plural

mas
neu
fem
mas
neu
fem
Nominative
αὐτός
αὐτό
αὐτή
αὐτοἰ
αὐτά
αὐταί
Genitive
αὐτού
αὐτής
αὐτῶν
Dative
αὐτῷ
αὐτῇ
αὐτοῖς
αὐταίς
Accusative
αὐτόν
αὐτό
αὐτήν
αὐτοῦς
αὐτά
αὐτάς
Reflexive/reciprocal pronouns

mas
neu
fem
mas
neu
fem
Genitive
ἑαυτοῦ
ἑαυτῆς
ἑαυτῶν
Dative
ἑαυτῷ
ἑαυτῇ
ἑαυτοῖς
ἑαυταῖς
Accusative
ἑαυτόυ
ἑαυτό
ἑαυτήν
ἑαυτούς
ἑαυτά
ἑαυτάς

For the third person personal and reflexive pronouns, 
  • the nominative third person singular may be used to mean oneself and used as a reflexive pronoun
  • they may also be used as an adjective when used in the attributive position and will mean “same”


2.1 Demonstrative pronoun - ἐκεῖνος that/those


Singular
Plural

mas
neu
fem
mas
neu
fem
Nominative
ἐκεῖνος
ἐκεῖνο
ἐκεῖνη
ἐκεῖνοι
ἐκεῖνα
ἐκεῖναι
Genitive
ἐκείνου
ἐκείνης
ἐκείνων
Dative
ἐκείνῳ
ἐκείνῃ
ἐκείνοις
ἐκείναις
Accusative
ἐκεῖνον
ἐκεῖνο
ἐκεῖνην
ἐκεῖνους
ἐκεῖνα
ἐκεῖνας

2.2 Demonstrative pronoun -οὗτος this/these: [οὗτος]


Singular
Plural

mas
neu
fem
mas
neu
fem
Nominative
οὗτος
τοῦτο
αὕτη
οὗτοι
ταῦτα
αὕται
Genitive
τούτου
ταύτης
τούτων
Dative
τούτῳ
ταύτῃ
τούτοις
ταύταις
Accusative
τοῦτον
τοῦτο
ταύτην
τοῦτους
ταῦτα
ταύτας

3. Relative Pronoun -  ὅς   (who/which)


Singular
Plural

mas
neu
fem
mas
neu
fem
Nominative
ὅς
ὅι
αἵ
Genitive
οὕ
ἥς
ὥν
Dative
οἵς
αἵς
Accusative
ὅν
ἥν
οὕς
ἅς



Ref: Ted Hildebrandt.  Mastering New Testament Greek Textbook.  Chapters 8 and 11 on personal, demonstrative, relative, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.  In: Mastering New Testament Greek Textbook.  Downloaded at http://biblicalelearning.org/introductory-languages/mastering-new-testament-greek/.

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