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In both Greek and English, a verb must
agree with its subject in number and
person. When the subject is singular, the
verb is also singular and when the subject is
plural, the verb is also plural.
D. Κατηγορούμενο (Predicate)
With some verbs (copula verbs: είμαι,
γίνομαι, φαίνομαι, μοιάζω, δείχνω,
σπουδάζω, μένω, παραμένω, θεωρούμαι
etc.) the noun phrase modifies the subject
of the verb and it is in the nominative case.
When the predicate refers to the direct
object, it appears in the accusative case.
In both subject and object predicate, the
predicate must agree with the modified
noun in number and case.
Ο Σαχίνης θα γίνει επιθεωρητής
Η Αγκάθα κάνει γυμναστική κάθε
μέρα αλλά εμείς κάνουμε σπάνια
E. Σειρά των όρων (Word order)
In Greek the subject or the object may
either precede or follow the verb. The noun
endings and not the noun’s position in the
sentence shows whether a noun phrase is
the subject or the object. Therefore, a fixed
word order is not needed to distinguish
the subject from the object. This does not
apply in English where a fixed word order
is required.
Ο Σαχίνης αγαπάει την Αγκάθα
predicate
nominative
Θα κάνουν το Σαχίνη επιθεωρητή
subject
nominative
object
accusative
predicate
accusative
Aγαπάει την Αγκάθα ο Σαχίνης
C. Συμφωνία Υποκειμένου - Ρήματος
(Subject - Verb agreement)