Adjectives Before Nouns
An attributive adjective commonly stands between the definite article and noun.
How It Works
An attributive adjective commonly stands between the definite article and noun.
Greek normally places a descriptive adjective before its noun in this basic pattern. Agreement remains necessary, and other positions can express different information structures.
| Greek | Meaning |
|---|---|
| το μικρό σπίτι | the small house |
| η νέα φίλη | the new female friend |
| ο καλός καφές | the good coffee |
Examples (3)
- το μικρό σπίτι
the small house
- η νέα φίλη
the new female friend
- ο καλός καφές
the good coffee
How It Connects
Learn This First
Recognize gender, number and case agreement before applying this adjective pattern or changing its syntactic role.
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