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πού
where /ˈpu/
adverbA1#53 most common
Also: where to, whence (από πού), how (in rhetorical 'πού να...')
Example sentences
Πού είσαι;
Where are you?
Πού είναι το ξενοδοχείο;
Where is the hotel?
Δεν ξέρω πού άφησα τα κλειδιά μου.
I don't know where I left my keys.
Πού στο καλό βρήκες αυτό το βιβλίο;
Where on earth did you find this book?
Από πού κι ως πού να το ξέρω εγώ αυτό;
On what grounds would I be expected to know that?
Πού να φανταστώ ότι θα κατέληγε έτσι η ιστορία.
Who could ever have imagined the story would end like this.
Word family
από πούfrom where, whence
κάπουsomewhereπουθενάnowhere, anywhere
όπουwherever, where (relative)πότεwhen (interrogative)Etymology
Modern Greek πού (where) continues Ancient Greek ποῦ, the interrogative adverb of place, itself a fossilized case form of the interrogative stem πο-. This stem goes back to the Proto-Indo-European interrogative/relative pronoun root, which also produced the parallel τι-/τίς series and the relatives of many other branches.
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