Category error?

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mwh
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Category error?

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I don’t understand why εμός etc. are conventionally taken to be possessive pronouns. Isn't this a category error? For me, there are possessive adjectives, εμός etc., and there are personal pronouns, εγώ etc.—two distinct categories.

Can anyone resolve this for me?

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Constantinus Philo
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Re: Category error?

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in russian they are also categorized as possessive pr whereas in french as possessive adjective so i think it depends on the intellectual maturity of the nation who uses the language
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