Editing Demotic Greek (section)

===Modern features that did not exist in Demotic===
The following examples are intended to demonstrate Katharevousa features in Modern Greek. They were not present in traditional Demotic and only entered the modern language through Katharevousa (sometimes as [[neologism]]s), where they are used mostly in writing (for instance, in newspapers), but also orally, especially words and fixed expressions are both understood and actively used also by non-educated speakers. In some cases, the Demotic form is used for literal or practical meanings, while the ''Katharevousa'' is used for figurative or specialized meanings: e.g. {{wikt-lang|el|φτερό}} for the wing or feather of a bird, but {{wikt-lang|el|πτέρυξ}} for the wing of a building or airplane or arm of an organisation.<ref name="pringpocket"/>{{rp|180}}{{rp|203}}

====Words and fixed expressions====
* {{wikt-lang|el|ενδιαφέρων}} (''interesting'')
* {{wikt-lang|el|τουλάχιστον}} (''at least'')
* {{wikt-lang|el|την}} {{wikt-lang|el|απήγαγε}} (''he abducted her''){{Clarification needed|reason=Is this a common idiom?|date=August 2024}}
* {{wikt-lang|el|είναι}} {{wikt-lang|el|γεγονός}} {{wikt-lang|el|ότι}} ... (''it is a fact that ...'')
* {{wikt-lang|el|προς}} {{wikt-lang|el|το}} {{wikt-lang|el|παρόν}} (''for now'')
*{{wikt-lang|el|νίπτω τας χείρας μου}} (figurative, ''I wash my hands'' [''of him, her, it'']); adapted from the Ancient Greek phrase describing [[Pontius Pilate]] washing his hands at [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 27:24; for actual hand-washing, the Demotic phrase is {{wikt-lang|el|πλένω}} {{wikt-lang|el|τα}} {{wikt-lang|el|χέρια}} {{wikt-lang|el|μου}}.<ref name="pringpocket">Pring, J.T. ''The Pocket Oxford Greek Dictionary.'' (New York: 1965 & 1982; 2000 ed.)</ref>{{rp|xii}}
Special dative forms:
* {{lang|el|δόξα τω Θεώ}} (''thank God'')
* {{lang|el|εν ονόματι ...}} (''in the name [of] ...'')
* {{lang|el|τοις μετρητοίς}} (''in cash'')
* {{lang|el|εν συνεχεία}} (''following'')
* {{lang|el|εν τω μεταξύ}} (''meanwhile'')
* {{lang|el|εν αγνοία}} (''in ignorance [of]'')
* {{lang|el|συν τοις άλλοις}} (''moreover'')
* {{lang|el|επί τω έργω}} (''working'', literally ''on the deed'')
* {{lang|el|τοις εκατό}} (''percent'', literally ''in a hundred'')
* {{lang|el|ιδίοις χερσί}} (''with [one's] own hands'')

====Grammatical (morphological) features====
* Adjectives ending in {{lang|el|-ων}}, {{lang|el|-ουσα}}, {{lang|el|-ον}} (e.g. {{lang|el|ενδιαφέρων}} ''interesting'') or in {{lang|el|-ων}}, {{lang|el|-ων}}, {{lang|el|-ον}} (e.g. {{lang|el|σώφρων}} ''thoughtful'') - mostly in written language.
* Declinable [[aorist]] participle, e.g. {{lang|el|παραδώσας}} (''having delivered''), {{lang|el|γεννηθείς}} (''[having been] born'') - mostly in written language.
* Reduplication in the perfect. E.g. {{lang|el|προσ'''κε'''κλημένος}} (''invited''), {{lang|el|'''πε'''παλαιωμένος}} (''obsolete'')

====Phonological features====
Modern Greek features many letter combinations that were avoided in traditional Demotic:
* {{lang|el|-πτ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|'''πτ'''αίσμα}} "misdemeanor"); Demotic preferred {{lang|el|-φτ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|'''φτ'''αίω}} "to err; to be guilty")
* {{lang|el|-κτ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|'''κτ'''ίσμα}} "building, structure"); Demotic preferred {{lang|el|-χτ-}} [e.g. {{lang|el|'''χτ'''ίστης}} "(stone)mason"]
* {{lang|el|-ευδ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|ψ'''εύδ'''ος}} "falsity, lie"); Demotic preferred {{lang|el|-ευτ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|ψ'''εύτ'''ης}} "liar")
* {{lang|el|-σθ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|ηρκέ'''σθ'''ην}} / {{lang|el|αρκέ'''σθ'''ηκα}} "I was sufficed / satisfied"); Demotic preferred {{lang|el|-στ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|αρκέ'''στ'''ηκα}})
* {{lang|el|-χθ-}} (e.g. {{lang|el|(ε)'''χθ'''ές}} "yesterday"); Demotic preferred {{lang|el|-χτ-}} [e.g. {{lang|el|(ε)'''χτ'''ές}}]
* etc.

Native Greek speakers, depending upon their level of education, may often make mistakes in these "educated" aspects of their language; one can often see mistakes like {{lang|el|προήχθη}} instead of {{lang|el|προήχθην}} (''I've been promoted''), {{lang|el|λόγου του ότι/λόγο το ότι}} instead of {{lang|el|λόγω του ότι}} (''{{not a typo|due to the fact that}}''), {{lang|el|τον ενδιαφέρον άνθρωπο}} instead of {{lang|el|τον ενδιαφέροντα άνθρωπο}} (''the interesting person''), {{lang|el|οι ενδιαφέροντες γυναίκες}} instead of {{lang|el|οι ενδιαφέρουσες γυναίκες}} (''the interesting women''), {{lang|el|ο ψήφος}} instead of {{lang|el|η ψήφος}} (''the vote''). {{citation needed|date=September 2016}}