Modern Greek grammar

enclitics

Presentation byDimitra Kapnia

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What are enclitics ?

-Enclitics in modern Greek are called some one-syllable words.

-These small words just lose their accent / word stress, or that word stress moves back to the last syllable of the preceding word.

which parts of speech are usually the enclitics?

Usually, enclitics are the week types of personal and possessive

pronouns

μου-[mu], με-[me], μας-[mas], σου-[su], σε-[se], σας-[sas], τος-[tos], του-[tu], τον-[ton], τη-[ti], τες-[tes], των [ton]

2 examples

Example 1μίλα του [míla tu]= talk to him

the enclitic "του" simply loses the word stress. The previous word does not

take a double word stress

Example 2Ο δάσκαλός μου [o δáskalós mu]= my

teacher

the word "mu" throws the accent ( and word stress) back to the last

syllable of the word δáskalos. There is a double stress

When does the previous word not take the accent/ word stress of an

enclitic?

The previous word does not take the accent of an enclitic when it is stressed to the penultimate syllable or to the last syllable. μί-λα, χα-ρά, φί-λος

μί-λα του [míla tu]= talk to himΟ φίλος μου [ο fílos mu]= my friend

When does the previous word take the accent/ word stress of an

enclitic?

When does the previous word take the accent/ word stress of an enclitic?

-The previous word takes the accent of an enclitic when it is stressed to the antepenultimate syllable. δά-σκα-λος, με-γα-λύ-τε-ρος , ά-κου-σε, α-νώ-τε-ρος, α-κού-μπη-σε.

Ο δάσκαλός μου [o δáskalós mu]= my

teacherΆκουσέ τον [ákusé ton]= listen to him

When does the previous word take the accent/ word stress of an enclitic?

-When there are two enclitics after a word which is stressed to the penultimate syllable, the stress of the last enclitic moves to the previous one.

Δώσε μού το [δóse mú to]= give it to me

Φέρε μού το [fére mú to] = bring it to me

resourceshttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/

enclitichttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enclitichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_

%28linguistics%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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