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Στεφανία

Ok! Now I understand the meaning of "To" and the difference between the two sentences.

Your explanation is very helpful and clear! Indeed, also in my language I use weak personal pronouns.

Grazie mille Stefania! ;-)

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Ciao Paolo,

Hehe, I knew you were Italian :)

Attention @Aleksandra:

So:

Το μισώ αυτό. = Lo odio questo.

το is a WEAK personal pronoun referring to what we hate, i.e. the object "questo". In Greek, this is in the accusative case. For example, in the masculine, it would be Τον μισώ αυτόν.

Εγώ μισώ αυτό. = Io (io) odio questo.

Εγώ is a STRONG personal pronoun referring to the person that hates, i.e. the subject. In Greek, the subject is ALWAYS in the nominative case. For example, for a masculine object, it would still be Εγώ μισώ αυτόν.

In the first case, although we have the object (αυτό/questo) we use a weak personal pronoun as if we want to announce the subject. It might seem like something repetitive and unnecessary, but it's not actually. It's very common and it happens with the 3rd person weak personal pronoun which can either:

• refer to a name that will be mentioned after (like here, in this case the pronoun is called "antecedent"), for example:

Τον είδες τον Γιάννη ("Did you see (him,) John?").

• or repeat a name or a noun that was mentioned before (the pronoun is called "iterative" in that case) for example:

Όσο για τον Γιάννη, δεν τον είδα ("As for John, I didn't see him").

Such use of the weak personal pronouns is common in languages such as Greek, Italian and Spanish, to mention a few.

To answer Aleksandra's question:

As mentioned above, you use this to either refer to a name that will be mentioned after, or repeat a name or a noun that was mentioned before. Remember, that name needs to be something or someone that is not the first, nor the second person. It has to be the third person, so you use the 3rd person weak personal pronoun.

If all these seem complicated at the moment, give yourselves some time and become more familiar with the Greek grammar, especially pronouns, the case system, and syntax.

If you have any other questions, let me know!

Cheers,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hi Stefania,

yes I'm italian.

Thank you.

Although I understand the meaning when I hear it, I don't understand when do I need to use "το" like in the sentence "Το μισώ αυτό".

Hi Paolo,

What's your native language? Is it Italian? Perhaps I can help explain it to you better giving you an example in your language rather than in English.

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hello!

Δεν μου αρέσει τις εξετάσεις.

Please, can you tell me the difference between "Το μισώ αυτό" and "Εγώ μισώ αυτό"?

Thank you