Here's an example of why I was asking about Greek term for parts of speech...skip to 5:17 http://youtu.be/SKbZZG_j4QU

Ah! Thank you Mike. Genitive form is possessive. I understand. If I were placed in a situation where I had a question about how the language works, and the person available to help didn't understand english, I thought it might be useful to know the terminology for the Greek grammar. I guess I'm just fascinated by the way so many languages work. But I do understand that you don't have to know this stuff to communicate. And Maria!! Thank you as well!!!!

Hi Jonathan and Mike, Definite nouns (= Συγκεκριμένα ουσιαστικά): the common nouns that express a person, an animal or an object. For example: άνθρωπος, σκύλος, τραπέζι. Indefinite nouns (=Αφηρημένα ουσιαστικά): the common nouns that express an action, a situation or a property. For example: γράψιμο, χαρά, εξυπνάδα.

So, "That's Mikes car", would be translated to "Αυτό είναι το αυτοκίνητο του Mike (Μιχάλη)", "τo αυτοκίνητο" is Nominative case, while "του Μιχάλη" is genitive, Genitive usually marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun. Basicly, the noun that belongs to (him) doesn't change at all. I guess that the Gender declension would be translated to "Κλήση των γενών" There are three genders "Αρσενικό/Θηλυκό/Ουδέτερο" and each one has its own declension. Ι doubt that this name will help you though, especially since it never gets used, It is more common the "Κλήση ουσιαστικών" meaning the declension of all nouns (am I saying it right?). And If you want to be more specific, you say "Κλήση αρσενικών/θηλυκών/ουδέτερων ουσιαστικών". Then, of course there arent only nouns but adjectives and pronouns, these also (inflect?). As for the "definitive" and "indefinite" I can't help you more (I wasn't the best student, but I don't think I learned anything like this in school, neither I could find anything in the grammar book. And I say "think", because there is a lot grammar involved, Also I can't create any sentence where the noun isn't Definitive/Indefinite based on its article). Finally, I really think that this will more confuse you than help you.

That's awesome. Thanks so much. Gender declension as in masculine/feminine/neuter. I'm sure there's a word for this in Greek. ο - η - το, τον - την - του, του - της...you know what I mean? Would this be γένος κλίσι? If now, what they would call it? I understand that a noun is definitive/indefinitive based on the article, but I was asking the WORD is for "definitive" and "indefinite", specifically as they apply to Greek grammar :D I thought dative case was possessive. Am I wrong? What if I want to say "Dude! That's Mike's car", αυτοκίνητο has to be possessive somehow because it belongs to Mike. So what's the Greek word that changes a common noun to reflect ownership by a proper noun? Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated!