Preliminary Recommendations

Possessive pronouns

The weak forms of the genitive case of personal pronouns serve as possessive pronouns for Greek. They are distinguished according to the Person they refer to and code the Number of the possessor (one or more). The third person in the singular number also distinguishes the Gender of the possessor, while in the plural number, a common form covers all three genders.

Person Number Gender Gr. example Gr. tag

1 sg common mou PnPo01CoSgGe

1 pl common mas PnPo01CoPlGe

2 sg common sou PnPo02CoSgGe

2 pl common sas PnPo02CoPlGe

3 sg masc tou PnPo03MaSgGe

3 sg fem tys PnPo03FeSgGe

3 sg neut tou PnPo03NeSgGe

3 pl common tous PnPo03CoPlGe

In certain cases, most usually for emphasis, the possessive pronoun is formed periphrastically on the basis of the above pronoun preceded by the adjective `dhikos' which must agree in gender, number and case with the possessed objects:

``ta dhika mas vivlia'' -- neuter, pl., nom/acc
``oi dhikes mas eikones'' -- fem., pl., nom

Information on the possessed object (e.g. gender) is not represented in the possessive pronouns, and, thus, is not coded by an attribute in the Morphological Lexicon.