όλος όλη όλο

All or Whole

Level 3Sounds Like ólos ólē ólo

Όλος agrees with a noun or pronoun phrase and can mean all or whole.

How It Works

Όλος agrees with a noun or pronoun phrase and can mean all or whole.

With a definite noun, forms such as όλο το σπίτι and όλοι οι φίλοι keep the article. Context distinguishes a whole singular thing from all members of a plural group.

GreekMeaning
όλο το σπίτιthe whole house
όλοι οι φίλοιall the friends
όλες οι μέρεςall the days

Examples (3)

  1. όλο το σπίτι

    the whole house

  2. όλοι οι φίλοι

    all the friends

  3. όλες οι μέρες

    all the days

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όλος όλη όλοLevel 3All or Whole

Learn This First

Identify the noun or understood referent before introducing an indefinite or distributive modifier.

Words in This Pattern

όλος