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- "Αυτή την φορά."
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I understand the inclusion of the article but not 100% on why it is the accusative form of the article.
I would have thought the time it is the subject of the sentence and would have written it αυτή η φορά if left to my own devices.
Funnily enough I said "she is wearing it" - I did see this sentence in the Adverbs section, so I understand why it's marked wrong initially, but is it not still technically correct?
Well, she is wearing it (when it is a feminine object like ζακέτα for example) is correct technically. :)
You cannot just use the demonstrative pronoun αυτός/ή/ό without the definite article. It's just a language particularity... of the English language that it doesn't use it too! :P
Edit: To the contributors, if one of the two final ν's is needed, it's the other one: "Αυτήν τη φορά". I have to admit it looks a bit weird in the pronoun but that's how it should be; the second is optional, depending on when someone was at school (currently it's taught to be dropped).
The -ν of the fem. article τη(ν) and pronoun αυτή(ν) was always taught to be dropped. A recent adjustment was made concerning the masc. article τον.
This is what is currently taught: αυτή(ν), τη(ν), in written speech. The -ν is not dropped from the pronoun, that's why the parenthesis is there. But as I mentioned, it all depends on when you went to school!
I guess my comment was a bit vague. Here I have included both your link's rules and the previous ones.
Yes, I know what you mean now. To make matters worse I've just found that the rules for -ν are different in the primary and the junior high grammar books! It is to be dropped before τσ, τζ in primary but resurfaces when you're older apparently...
I understand that the definite article must be used with a demonstrative pronoun, but I do not understand why it in the accusative case.
