Lesson 1: Attributive Construction

Attributive Construction 

 See 3B lesson 2.4.i 

 Examples: 

 ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲙⲃⲉⲣⲓ 

 New Testament 

 ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲥ 

 Old Testament 

 ϯϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ ̀ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ 

 The golden censer (the censer of gold) 

 

 

 Exercises 

 Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic 

 Translate the following into Coptic: 

 

 Exercise 2: Translate to English 

 Translate the following phrases into English: 

 ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ̀ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ 

 

 Resources 

 "A Study in Bohairic Coptic" by Nabil Matar; p 

 See Moawad Daoud Lesson  

 See Sameh Younan page in the PDF 

 ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson