How do you say the following words in ancient Greek (that is, the Greek of Plato and Homer), transliterated in the Latin alphabet: I, you, he, she, it, we, you (plural), and they?
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basically like in most ancient languages the verb is changed by changing the ending. Transliterating is something that you don´t really do with greek. Altogether if you want to learn greek, you have to calculate a viable amount of time a week and at least two years. The best would certainly be to attend lectures at your local university. finally, not without hesitation: ego me/i sy you hemeis we hymeis you (plural) But it all is really complicated and i really don´t want to remember more. Good luck learning though if that is your intent.
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eGO (capital letters show the stress) = I su = you singular ("thou") auTOS = he heMEIS = we huMEIS = you plural auTOI = they It's not that simple, though, because just as "I" changes into "me, my, mine," each of the above words changes into different forms. There are seven forms for I, twelves forms for "he," and twelve forms for "they." And that's not counting when they are reflexive. Also, "my" has 24 forms, "your" has 48, "his", "hers," and "its" have eight each, and "their" has 24.
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ego, esi, aftos, afti, afto, emis, esis, afti
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