Adjective Agreement in the Plural

Level 3

Plural adjectives must agree in gender and case as well as number.

How It Works

Plural adjectives must agree in gender and case as well as number.

Compare καλοί φίλοι with καλούς φίλους. Neuter plural καλά can match in nominative and accusative, while feminine plural καλές also has matching forms in these two cases.

GreekMeaning
οι καλοί φίλοιthe good friends
τους καλούς φίλουςthe good friends, as an object
τα καλά παιδιάthe good children

Examples (3)

  1. οι καλοί φίλοι

    the good friends

  2. τους καλούς φίλους

    the good friends, as an object

  3. τα καλά παιδιά

    the good children

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Adjective Agreement in the PluralLevel 3

Learn This First

Recognize gender, number and case agreement before applying this adjective pattern or changing its syntactic role.