The Article

The article is inflected for number, gender and case. In Modern Greek there are two numbers

	*enikOs*	singular
	*plithindikOs*	plural

three genders

	*arsenikO*	masculine
	*thilikO*	feminine
	*udhEtero*	neuter

and four cases

	*onomastik'I*	nominative
	*gh'enik'I*	genitive
	*etiatik'I*	accusative
	*klitik'I*	vocative

Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	(*o*)	(*i*)	(*to*)
Genitive	(*tu*)	(*tis*)	(*tu*)
Accusative	(*ton*)	(*tin*)	(*to*)
Plural
Nominative	(*i*)	(*i*)	(*ta*)
Genitive	(*ton*)	(*ton*)	(*ton*)
Accusative	(*tus*)	(*tis*)	(*ta*)

The definite article is used much more often in Greek than in other languages. The most important of its special uses are

• before nouns used in an abstract or general sense (e.g., = love).
• before proper names (e.g., = Angelos) or names of places, avenues, streets, squares and geographical divisions (e.g., = Athens) as well as days of the week, months and every noun that is capitalized.
• before titles or names of professions followed by a person's name (e.g., = Mr. Kanlis)

The definite article is not stressed (accentuated).

The indefinite article is the same as the numeral "one" in Greek, but translated as "a" in English.

Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Alt. Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	(*Enas*)	(*mIa*)	(*mn'A*)	(*Ena*)
Genitive	(*enOs*)	(*mIas*)	(*mn'As*)	(*enOs*)
Accusative	() (*Ena(n)*)	(*mIa*)	(*mn'A*)	(*Ena*)

The final of the accusative form is used before a vowel and consonants , and . In the latter case it is assimilated with the following consonant and is pronounced *mb*, *nd* and *ng* respectively.

The indefinite article is not used in Greek as often as in English. It is ommitted

• before predicate nouns modified or unmodified by adjectives
  = I am a student
  = He is a good man
• very often before nouns which function as the object of a verb
  = I got a letter
• in exclamations, with nouns preceded by
  ! = What a night!
• before a noun preceded by (like)
  = like a bird

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