English - Modern Greek

for the indefinite article in singular a is used. It harmonizes in all genders in form with the number one, but not in meaning.

Singular - ενικός αριθμός

To express the gender, mostly of the noun, e.g. as subject

To indicate a non-specific time:

In front of a noun of which the quantity has not been fixed:

It can be applied to a number of pronouns such as «άλλος», «τέτοιος», and «δικός μου/σου/του»

 

The indefinite article has no plural form

Indefinite pronouns in plural are used instead, such as in:

• «Μερικοί Έλληνες δεν είναι αναγνώστες». - Some Greeks are no readers.

In MG the indefinite articles are often omitted:

• after the verbs to be - «είμαι» and to become - «γίνομαι» + noun or adjective, whilst it is sometimes used in English in those cases.
• when the subject and direct object appear together in a verb phrase it mostly will be without a definite article

The indefinite article is omitted in the following sentences:

• When the subject in the form of a noun, possibly preceded by an adjective, does not denote a tangible person or abstraction, See sentences 1, 2, and 3.
• When there are journalistic reasons at an abstract subject, as in sentence 4
• When a question, a denial or a supposition is expressed, as in sentences 5, 6 and 7.
• When we want to emphasize the type of the object in the verbphrase and not a specific object, as in sentences 8, 9 en 10.

The definite article is omitted in the following cases:

• When a noun is the subject and denotes a part of a whole such as in the phrases
  1 + 2.
• When a subject object denotes a part of a whole such as in the phrases 3 + 4.
• In the sentences 5, 6 and 7 the word «σαν» is used and the article may be omitted unless a specific person or thing is meant.
• In many sentences, as shown in 8, 9 and 10, in which is a preposition is used together in a clause with a noun, if the preposition indicates no particular meaning.

Omitting an articles in fixed actions