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ποιοί
which (ones) /pʝiˈi/
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Also: who (plural), what kind of (people)
Example sentences
Ποιοί είστε;
Who are you (plural)?
Ποιοί ήρθαν στο πάρτι;
Who came to the party?
Δεν ξέρω ποιοί το έκαναν.
I don't know who did it.
Ποιοί άνθρωποι σε βοήθησαν τελικά;
Which people ended up helping you?
Ρώτησέ τους ποιοί ήταν παρόντες στη συνάντηση.
Ask them who was present at the meeting.
Δεν ήταν σαφές ποιοί ακριβώς είχαν εγκρίνει την απόφαση.
It was not clear exactly who had approved the decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ποιος | ποιοί |
| Genitive | ποιου | ποιών |
| Accusative | ποιον | ποιους |
| Vocative |
Word family
ποιοςwhich, who (masc. sg.)
ποιαwhich, who (fem.)
ποιοwhich, what (neut.)
ποιότηταqualityποιοτικόςqualitative
Etymology
ποιοί is the masculine plural of ποιος, the Greek interrogative meaning 'which' or 'what kind of.' It descends from Ancient Greek ποῖος, built on the old interrogative stem that also gave ποῦ (where) and πῶς (how). That stem traces back to a Proto-Indo-European question word, the same one that underlies English 'who' and 'what.'
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