Unit 5
| Learner's Key | |||
| coffee | ένας | o | καφές |
| newspaper | μία | η | εφημερίδα |
| fish | ένα | το | ψάρι |
| chicken | ένα | το | κοτόπουλο |
| wine | ένα | το | κρασί |
| plate / dish | ένα | το | πιάτο |
| glass | ένα | το | ποτήρι |
| pizza | μία | η | πίτσα |
| delicious | Neutral | νόστιμο | |
| food | ένα | το | φαγητό |
| milk | μία | η | γάλα |
| vegetarian | ένας | o | χορτοφάγος |
| olive oil | ένας | o | ελαιόλαδο |
| pie | μία | η | πίτα |
| salt | ένας | o | αλάτι |
| tomato | μία | η | ντομάτα |
| chocolate | μία | η | σοκολάτα |
| potato | μία | η | πατάτα |
As you have already noticed I add the definite and indefinite articles to each word - this is your clue to the grammatical gender of the noun. If the noun is say feminine, all related words - adjective, article, etc, will agree.
As you probably find it hard to imagine that a house can have a gender there are ground rules how to work that one out.
Masculine nouns end by -ας, -ης, -ος, -ες, -ούς or -έας. Stressed -ός is absolutely always masculine.
Feminine nouns are very likely to end by -α, -η, and rarely -ού. Very rarely you'd see a ος too but in general this is a masculine ending.
Neuter nouns end by: -ι, -ο, -μα, -μο, -ς, -ν. Again there may be an -ος but very rarely.
Το αγόρι τρώει μια νόστιμη πίτσα. - The boy is eating a delicious pizza.
The word πίτσα is feminine therefore the article and the adjective need to be in feminine form.
Το αγόρι τρώει μια νόστιμη πίτσα. - The boy is eating a delicious pizza.
The word αγόρι is neutral therefore the article is in neutral form.
A boy and a girl are neutral gender, woman is feminine and man is masculine, you would find a similar model in many languages.
Grammar notes:
A good example:
| καλ-ός | καλ-ή | καλ-ό |
| καλ-ές | καλ-οί | καλ-ά |
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