Emphatic Expressions

Emphatic Expressions

In Modern Greek, there is an interesting way in expressing emphasis. Instead of using empathetic pronouns, word placement techniques; one could replace the noun, which is preferably the subject of the verb, with “Ψυχή,” in Mesoγèóika, "Ψyχí." This word means soul or spirit and is accompanied by a possessive adjective or a noun in the genitive case. For example:

1) Θe τon βáρie.    I got sick/tired of you. There is no emphasis on the subject as it is only indicated by the verb that is doing the action.
2) Mo θe τon βáρie.    I (am the one that) got sick/tired of you. There is an emphasis on the subject as it is brought up twice in the sentence (in the verb and in the pronoun). To achieve maximum emphasis with this method, put the pronoun in the last position. "Θe τon βáρie μo." Look above at the influence of word order and emphasis. This only involves the subject pronoun or noun. The weak personal pronoun can only be used this way only when it is the subject pronouns. The weak object pronouns must go before the verb in a specific order.
3) Éμμo θe τon βáρie.    I (am the one that) got sick/tired of you. There is a greater emphasis on the subject now than in the second way of emphasising because I have used the strong personal pronoun. The strong object pronouns can go anywhere in the sentence.
4) Mo λo íδio θe τon βáρie.   I myself got sick/tired of you. There is a greater emphasis on the subject. As above, the word order can be changed and so can the emphasis be directly affected.
5) (Méχri) μóσa Ψyχí θe τon βaρiéngo.    (Even) my soul/spirit got sick/tired of you. There is a greater emphasis here than the other previous examples. This is because when you talk about your soul, you're talking about the true you and what you really think or feel. It can only be used for humans and animals because those are what have souls.