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CYPRIOT GRAMMAR

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Out of the ten men one went to jail.<br />

20.13 Εώς/Ώς – Until/By<br />

The preposition ‘‘εώς’ means ‘until’ and takes the Accusative – Αιτιατική.<br />

Φερειπείν<br />

Εώς την Παρασκευήν πρέπει να αγοράσεις τα λίβρα.<br />

Until/by Friday you must buy the books.<br />

Ώς τα εχτές έν επόνηα το πόιν μου.<br />

Until yesterday my leg did not hurt.<br />

Ώς τες τρείς η ώρα δουλεύκω.<br />

I work until three o’clock.<br />

20.14 Ώς - As<br />

The preposition ‘ώς’ means ‘as’ and takes the Nominative – Ονομαστική.<br />

Φερειπείν<br />

Ώς ο μάστρος της επιχείρησης ποφασίζω εγιώ ήνταμπον γινίσκεται.<br />

As the CEO of the company I decide what happens.<br />

Ο άδρωπος ώς η πηγή της περιβαλλοντικής μόλυνσης...<br />

Man as the source of environmental pollution…<br />

Ειστό σκολείον ώς δασκάλοι πρέπει να είμαστιν παραδείγματα.<br />

At school as teachers we must set examples.<br />

20.15 Δίχα, δίχας, δίχου, δίχως - Without<br />

The preposition ‘δίχα, δίχας, δίχου, δίχως’ mean ‘without’ and take the Accusative – Αιτιατική only when they are used with nouns.<br />

Do its nature it is mainly used in sentences with negation.<br />

Φερειπείν<br />

Το μωρόν έν γκάμνει δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως την μάναν ντου.<br />

The baby cannot be without its mother.<br />

Η Μαρία έν μπάει δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως τον Μιχάλην ταξίιν.<br />

Mary will not go to a trip without Michael.<br />

Έν ιμπόρω δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως τον βοηθόν μου.<br />

I cannot do it without my assistant.<br />

The preposition ‘δίχα, δίχας, δίχου, δίχως’ take the Genitive – Γενική only when they are used with personal pronouns. Do its nature<br />

it is mainly used in sentences with negation.<br />

Φερειπείν<br />

Το μωρόν έν γκάμνει δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως της.<br />

The baby cannot be without her.<br />

Η Μαρία έν μπαει δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως του.<br />

Mary will not go without him.<br />

Έν ιμπόρω δίχας/δίχα/δίχου/δίχως του.<br />

I cannot work without him.<br />

20.16 Μέ...μέ – Neither…nor/Either…or<br />

The preposition ‘μέ...μέ’ means ‘neither…nor’ and takes the Nominative – Ονομαστική. This particle can be used in combination with<br />

nouns, verbs or pronouns.<br />

Φερειπείν<br />

Μέ θέλω φα-ίν μέ να πκιώ.*<br />

I want neither to ear nor to drink.<br />

Μέ τζ’είνον μέ το άλλον χιέλω.<br />

I want neither that or the other.<br />

Μέ κρίας τρώω μέ γαλακτοκομικά.<br />

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