Articles and common noun endings

The definite and indefinite article:

In lesson 3 we used the nouns in the lists to answer the questions: Τι είναι αυτό; (What is this?) and Τι είναι εκοίνο; (What is that?). From the lists we should start to recognise the articles (the/a) for masculine, feminine and neuter nouns. The table below shows the indefinite articles and the definite articles for singular and plural nouns.

Indefinite article (a) Definite article (the) Plurals
masculine

ένας

ο

οι

feminine

μια

η

οι

neuter

ένα

το

τα

Noun ENDINGS

In addition to the definite articles, the table below shows the most common endings for masculine, feminine and neuter nouns in both singular and plural.

Article

Noun

ending

Plural

ο

ένας

φύλος (friend)

άντρας(man/husband)

φοιτητής (student)

-ος

-ας

-ης

οι φύλοι

οι ανδρες

οι φοιτητές

οι

ες

ες

η

μια

στάση (stop/station)

γυναίκα (woman)

οι στάσες

οι γυναίκες

ες

ες

το

ένα

αεροπλάνο (aeroplane)

σπίτι (house)

φόρεμα (dress)

-ο

-μα

τα αεροπλάνα

τα σπίτια

τα φόρεματα

α

ια

τα

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