Number: Number
| Values: | Plur | Sing |
`Number’ is an inflectional feature of nouns, proper nouns,adjectives,determiners,pronouns, numerals, verbs(participles) and auxiliaries. It marks agreement betweeen nominal categories and their modifiers, predicates and their nominal subjects and, inflected auxiliaries and predicative categories supported by them.
Sing: singular number
In general, a singular noun or proper noun denotes one entity.
Examples
- ο παππούς είναι χαρούμενος “the grandfather is happy”
- μια άγνωστη κοπέλα πέρασε “an unknown girl passed by”
- το αυτοκίνητο θέλει καθάρισμα “the car needs washing”: gender neuter
Plur: plural number
In general, a plural noun or proper noun denotes several entities.
Examples
- οι παππούδες είναι χαρούμενοι “the grandfathers are happy”
- πολλές άγνωστες κοπέλες πέρασαν “several unknown girls passed by”
- τα τρία πρώτα αυτοκίνητα θέλουν καθάρισμα “the first three cars need washing”
Number in other languages: [ab] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [bor] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [eu] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [ky] [myv] [orv] [pcm] [ps] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]