CYPRIOT GRAMMAR

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σάκκος -> σακκούλλιν (sack) τράγος -> τραούλλιν (male goat) 10.5 Augmentantives Augmentatives are noun endings which are attached to nouns and adjectival nouns to emphasise on how big or great they are. When the adjective affects a quality of words such as beauty adverbs or other nouns are used. Therefore adjectives such a thin or small cannot have these suffixes added to them because it will create an oxymoron! 10.5.1 -ατσος, -άτσα, -ατσον Note that both the suffixes for masculine and feminine can be used for masculine and feminine nouns. However when is comes to animals or people which actually have a sex this is not possible. Μοτόρα -> Μοτοράτσα (motorbike -> big motorbike) Μοτόρα -> Μοτόρατσος (big motorbike) Σ’ύλλος -> Σ’ύλλατσος (big dog) Λίβρον -> Λίβρατσον (big book) 10.5.2 Other Augmentative suffixes for Male nouns -άρος πετεινός -> πετεινάρος (rooster) σκούλουκος -> σκουλούκαρος (worm) κόπελλος -> κοπέλλαρος (young woman/lady) 10.5.3 Other Augmentative suffixes for Female nouns -άρα The augmentative suffix above is attached mostly to neuter nouns. Το αμμάτιν -> η αμματάρα (big eye) το αυτοκίνητον -> η αυτοκινητάρα (great/big car) *η γιενέκα -> η γιενεκάρα -ονα This is possibly the only example of this augmentative το σπίτιν -> η σπιταρόνα (great/big house) -άκκα Πασ’άκκα (huge fat female) Κοπελλάκκα (big girl) -ούππα μάλλα -> μαλλούππα (hair) -ος An augmentative suffix for female nouns can also be the male ending –ος which thus makes a female noun into an augmentatised male noun. Η γιενέκα -> ο γιένεκος (woman) Η φοράα -> ο φόραος (mare) Η ρότσα -> ο ρότσος (stone) 10.6 Augmentative Prefixes In Cypriot there are also augmentative prefixes, thus syllables which are attached at the front of words meaning very or great. There are: Θεό-, σ’υλλό-, αρκό- Πελλός (crazy) Θεόπελλος (very crazy) Σ’υλλόπελλος (very crazy) Αρκόπελλος (very crazy) 10.7 Ασκήεις – Exercises Turn all the adjectives below in all the genders, diminutives, augmentantives and negative where possible. 34
Καλός = good Κακός = bad Κοντρογάδαρος = lazy Όμορφος = beautiful Άσ’ημος = ugly Μιάλος = big Μιτσής = small Κούντουρος = short Γλίορος = fast Αργός = slow Πολλύς = A lot/over the top Λίος = A few/stupid 35
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Έδωκα σου το εχτές
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Until I go to school, I will be ver
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Κουτάλιν = spoon Κουτα
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He hoped that you dropped the plate
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2. If the verb’s last consonant c
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Chapter 28: The Passive: Aorist -
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μνύουμαι -> εμνύθηκ
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Chapter 29: Basic Phrases & Vocabul
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Ολλαντία Netherlands Ολλ
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Chapter 30: The Passive: Imperfect
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θαρκούμαι -> εθαρκο
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Chapter 31: The Passive: Present an
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φταίουμαι -> φταιχτ
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Chapter 33: The Passive: Aorist, Im
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verbs. This applies to all the verb
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Chapter 34: Basic Phrases & Vocabul
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ο κρίνος = the lilly το γ
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Chapter 35: Verbs - Compound Tenses
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Chapter 36: Verbs - Compound Tenses
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You would cook the food until the g
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37.1 Conjuctions Chapter 37: Conjuc
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Τότες έν είσ’εν τε
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37.24 Άντζ’ακκις...ού
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Chapter 38: Verbs - The Imperative
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Άντρας/Σύζυγος = Husba
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Chapter 42: Prepositions (2) - Πρ
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As a directional preposition it tak
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Έσ’ει καμπόσους πο
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42.38 Παραπάνω (που) = M
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Πόφοα = Fearlessly Προλά
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Chapter 44: The Gerund, the Past Pa
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Λαλώ -> ειπωμένος τρ
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IX. Verbs in -ίσκω only have Re
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Πρόεδρος -> προεδρι
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Recommendations In this last sectio
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Chapter/Τζ’εφάλαιον Pro
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20.15 Δίχα, δίχας, δίχ
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