Language/Modern-greek-1453/Grammar/Words-with-2-accents

When do Greek words have 2 accents?

When do we put two accents on certain words?

When a proparoxyton word is accompanied at the end by:

• μου, σου, του, μας, σας, με, τους, το, την, τον

these words accept two accents.

Single-syllable words always spoken closely with the previous word are called "enclitics" and that's why their accent is not lost, but is transferred to the end of the previous word.

For example:

• το τετράδιό μου (my notebook), ο πρόεδρός μας (our chairmen),

• χάρισμά σου (your gift), άφησέ το (leave it),

• απομάκρυνέ τον (keep it away),

• απόδωσέ του το 'give it to him), etc.

• άνθρωπός μου (two accents, enclose accent)

(My man: two accents)

But

• Του ανθρώπου μου

(1 τόνος, αφού η λέξη τονίζεται στην παραλήγουσα).

(from my man: 1 accent, because the word is paroxyton).