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Modern Greek grammar
enclitics
Presentation by 
Dimitra Kapnia 
@dkapnia
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 1 
μίλα 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 2 
Ο 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 him 
Ο 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 teacher 
Άκουσέ 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
resources 
 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/enclitic 
 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enclitic 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28lingu 
istics%29 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic#Classificati 
on 
-Μανώλη Τριανταφυλλίδη:Νεοελληνική 
γραμματική 
-Γ. Μπαμπινιώτη: Λεξικό Νέας ελληνικής 
γλώσσας
Thanks for watching 
@dkapnia

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Enclitics in modern Greek language

  • 3. Presentation by Dimitra Kapnia @dkapnia
  • 5. -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.
  • 6. which parts of speech are usually the enclitics?
  • 7. 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]
  • 9. Example 1 μίλα του [míla tu]= talk to him the enclitic "του" simply loses the word stress. The previous word does not take a double word stress
  • 10. Example 2 Ο 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
  • 11. When does the previous word not take the accent/ word stress of an enclitic?
  • 12. 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 him Ο φίλος μου [ο fílos mu]= my friend
  • 13. When does the previous word take the accent/ word stress of an enclitic?
  • 14. 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 teacher Άκουσέ τον [ákusé ton]= listen to him
  • 15. 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
  • 16. resources  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/enclitic  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enclitic  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28lingu istics%29  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic#Classificati on -Μανώλη Τριανταφυλλίδη:Νεοελληνική γραμματική -Γ. Μπαμπινιώτη: Λεξικό Νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας