English - Modern Greek

An adjective is a word that describes, qualifies or identifies the noun or the pronoun in a sentence, (usually the noun). They occur in two different ways, viz:

• 1. As an adjectival complement of the noun. (the white house)
• 2. As a nominal part of the predicate. (the garden is wonderful)

• Basically adjectives are declined and should correspond in gender, case and number to the noun or pronoun to which they are related to. (η ξύλινη πόρτα - the wooden door / η σωστή απάντηση - the right answer)
• Most of the adjectives have separate forms for the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
• Some adjectives have only one form and are indeclinable.
• An adjective placed after a noun, emphasizes what is said, e.g «μια καρέκλα κόκκινη» - a red chair. For special emphasizing an article is added in front of the adjective: «η γυναίκα η ωραία» - the beautiful woman.
• An adjective functions as predicate of the subject or the direct object when it corresponds with the name that determines gender, number and case, e.g. «Το φανάρι είναι πράσινο» - The traffic light is green and «Ο Πέτρος έβαψε τον τοίχο κίτρινο» - Peter painted the wall yellow.

In English some participles can be used as adjectives in either the present or past form. To describe something or someone, the present participle ending on -ing is used. To describe how people feel about something or someone, the past participle ending on -ed is used. In modern Greek participles of both active and passive verbs are adjectivally, substantively and adverbially used.

The adjectival participles can be divided in:

• Active voice participles
• Passive voice participles

The passive perfect participle in detail:

• The formation of the passive perfect participle

* These adjectives are abbreviations of the following words:

• «αναφορικός» - αναφορα.
• «αντικειμενικός» - αντικ.
• «ελληνιστικός» - ελνστ.
• «ενεργητικός» - ενεργ.