Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative Pronouns are question words. They are pronouns that stand in place of the answer when used in a question. These pronouns are marked for case based on how they are used in the sentence. Since they are standing for a noun in the answer, that means the answer will have the same case as the question word.

Notice the case of the question words in each of the following questions in the charts below. The case is determined by the question word’s place in the sentence. Since generally the answer will fit the same slot in the sentence, the case of the answer word will match the case of the question word.

Questions And Case

singular				ἐρωτήματα (questions)	ἀποκρίσεις (answers)
τίς, τί	ὁ	ἡ	τό	τίς καλεῑ τὰ πρόβατα;	ὁ ποιμὴν καλεῖ τὰ πρόβατα.
τίνα, τί	τόν	τήν	τό	τίνα ἀνοίγει ὁ θυρωρός;	τὴν θύραν ἀνοίγει ὁ θυρωρός.
τίνος	τοῦ	τῆς	τοῦ	διὰ τίνος ἔρχεται ὁ ποιμήν;	διὰ τῆς θύρας ἔρχεται ὁ ποιμήν.
τίνι	τῷ	τῇ	τῳ	τίνι ἀκολουθεῖ τὰ πρόβατα;	τῷ ποιμένι ἀκολουθεῖ τὰ πρόβατα.

plural				ἐρωτήματα (questions)	ἀποκρίσεις (answers)
τίνες, τίνα	οἱ	αἱ	τά	τίνα ἀκούει τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ ποιμένος;	τὰ πρόβατα ἀκούει τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ ποιμένος.
τίνας, τίνα	τούς	τάς	τά	τίνα ἀγει ὁ ποιμήν;	τὰ πρόβατα ἄγει ὁ ποιμήν.
τίνων	τῶν	τῶν	τῶν	ἔμπροσθεν τίνων πορεύεται ὁ ποιμήν;	ἔμπροσθεν τῶν προβάτων πορεύεται ὁ ποιμήν.
τίσιν	τοῖς	ταῖς	τοῖς	τίσι δίδωσιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν ἄρτον;	τοῖς μαθηταῖς δίδωσιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν ἄρτον.