τρεις τρία τέσσερις τέσσερα

Three and Four with Nouns

Level 1Sounds Like treis tría tésseris téssera

Use τρεις and τέσσερις with masculine or feminine nouns, and τρία and τέσσερα with neuter nouns.

How It Works

Use τρεις and τέσσερις with masculine or feminine nouns, and τρία and τέσσερα with neuter nouns.

The forms shown are nominative or accusative. Genitives such as τριών and τεσσάρων occur in other constructions; the article and noun still follow their ordinary agreement rules.

GreekMeaning
τρεις φίλοιthree friends
τρεις πόλειςthree cities
τέσσερα παιδιάfour children

Examples (3)

  1. τρεις φίλοι

    three friends

  2. τρεις πόλεις

    three cities

  3. τέσσερα παιδιά

    four children

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τρεις τρία τέσσερις τέσσεραLevel 1Three and Four with Nouns

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Recognize the counting forms before choosing a gender-sensitive form next to a noun.

Words in This Pattern

τρειςτρίατέσσεριςτέσσερα