Good, καλός – καλή – καλό Free Post

As you probably already know, the Greek language has three Genders (masculine, feminine, neuter). So the nouns and their adjectives have three Genders. They also have two Forms, Singular and Plural and four Cases (Nominative, Genitive, Accusative, Vocative).

Nominative is for the Subject of the verb. Genitive is used when we want to show the owner of something or its quality, origin etc. Accusative is for the Object of the verb and it is also used after Prepositions. Vocative is used when we are calling someone or when we express a surprise etc. Examples follow.

Nouns and Adjectives have Genders, Forms, Cases. Usually the Adjective comes first and the Noun follows. adjective + noun, in the same Gender, Form, Case

good masculine a good man the good man	καλός αρσενικό ένας καλός άντρας ο καλός άντρας	ο καιρός καλός καιρός nice – good weather
good feminine a good woman the good woman	καλή θηλυκό μία – μια καλή γυναίκα η καλή γυναίκα	η μέρα καλή μέρα nice – good day
good neuter a good child the good child	καλό ουδέτερο ένα καλό παιδί το καλό παιδί	το μάθημα καλό μάθημα nice – good lesson