CYPRIOT GRAMMAR

καταλάβω (to understand), τάσσω (to promise/pledge), φυλάσσω (to guard), ψ’ουψ’ουρίζω (to whisper), θκιαλύζω (to explain/solve),
φωνάζω (to yell), συντυχάννω (to speak), χορεύκω (to dance), αναμώννω (to stretch your hand before you hit someone).
ALL the verbs ending in –σκω take Genetive.
Φερειπείν
Εγιώ δκιώ σου το κρίας
I give you the meat.
Εσού δήννεις του τα πόθκια
You are binding his feet.
Τούτος συντυχάννει της.
He is talking to her.
Special Cases
Many of the verbs above take the Accusative when the action involves the person you are talking to. Examples:
Διώ σε στον Γιώρκον
I am giving you to him
Accusative+Genitive
The verbs belonging to this category may buffle you because they take two cases. Some may appear as they only involve an action which
affects the person which undertakes it. However verbs in Greekcypriot have a special characteristic. They can change in meaning if you use
personal pronouns in specific cases.
Φερειπείν
Βουρώ.
I am running.
Βουρώ σου τα πράματα.
I am working for your interest.
Βουρώ σε να σε φτάσω.
I am running after you in order to catch up with you.
Στιάζω το σπίτιν.
I am making a roof for the house.
Στιάζω σου το σπίτιν.
I am making a roof for your house.
Στιάζω σε.
I am sheltering you.
Σάζω την μοτόραν σου.
I am repairing your motorcycle.
Σάζω σε να πάεις δουλγάν.
I am helping you to get ready for work.
Σ’άζω σου την μοτόραν.
I am repairing the motorcycle for you.
Therefore as you can see above the verb without personal pronouns retains the same meaning and the action affects no person. When you
add the personal pronouns of the accusative the action affects the person you are referring to and sometimes it means to help someone to
do something else. Finally when you add the personal pronouns of the genitive the action you undertake does not affect the person you
are talking to but the action you undertake affects something that has to do with him or you are undertaking the action for the person
instead of the person itself.
Below are all the verbs presented so far which can take both cases
Χαλώ (to break up/spoil), βουρώ (to run), βουννώ (to throw), φιλώ (to kiss), συχχωρώ (to forgive), σ’αιρετώ (to greet), παντώ (to
crush/push aside/put aside), αχτυπώ (to hit), βλοοτομώ (to curse), κουγκώ (to push), κουσπώ (to hit with a shovel), ρουφώ (to suck),
πυρκολοώ (to slap), βόσκω (to herd/shepherd animals), πετάσσω (to throw away), φράσσω (to block), βοράζω (to buy), παίρνω (to take),
συρνω (to throw/drag), βράζω (to boil), τιμάζω (to accuse/curse as sb), κρούζω (to burn), σούζω (to shake), παίζω (to play), ντύννω (to
dress), χτύννω (to build), δύννω (to sunset), πίννω (to drink), σβήννω (to turn off/extinguish), στήννω (to stand sm up), ψήννω (to
bake/cook), αφήννω (to let go), αναστήννω (to ressurect). Θάφκω (to bury), κόφκω (to cut) νίφκω (to wash your face), πάφκω (to stop),
ράφκω (to sow), ρίφκω (to throw), ξηλείφκω (to eradicate), μόννω (to swear), κλάννω (to fart), πκιάννω (to catch), χάννω (to leave),
αππώννω (to inspire enthousiasm/act childish), γεμώννω (to fill), ισ’ώννω (to straighten), κατσαφαλώννω (to cripple), λειώνω (to squash),
λαόννω (to confuse/scare), μισταρώννω (to employ), μπουκκώννω (to eat a bite), πε’ι’κλώννω (to chain someone’s legs), σαμαρώννω (to
sadle), σαρκώννω (to become a vampire), σπιτώννω (to enhouse), στουπώννω (to plug), στραώννω (to blind), στρώννω (to lay cloth esp
sheets on a bed), σκοτώννω (to kill), χώννω (to hide), χαρτώννω (to engage sb), φορτώννω (to load), δουλεύκω (to work), κουρσεύκω (to
loot/steal), παντρεύκω (to marry sb), παιδεύκω (to trouble sb), σακκατεύκω (to cripple sb), σημαεύκω (to aim), σκαρτεύκω (to render
something useless), στενεύκω (to narrow), (to become dummer), στροντζ’υλεύκω (to round up), φυτεύκω (to plant), χαεύκω (to
pet/caress), ψαρεύκω (to fish).
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