Lesson 4: Attributive Construction

IndefiniteAttributive Pronoun -ⲕⲉ-Construction

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a pronoun that does not refer to any person, place, or thing in particular. Some examples of indefinite pronouns in English are: "anything" - "something" - "anyone" - "anywhere" - "someone" - "somewhere" - etc. The infix -ⲕⲉ- is a noninflectional word element that is inserted between the noun prefix and the noun. It expresses the meaning "other" and can be used with definite or indefinite articles, demonstrative articles and possessive articles.

Examples:

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ⲡⲓⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲙⲃⲉⲣⲓ	theNew other man	Definite Article (m.)Testament
ⲛⲓⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲥ	theOld other men	Definite Article (f.)Testament
ϯⲕⲉ̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓϯϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ ̀ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ	The golden censer (the othercenser woman	Definite Article (pl.)gold)
ⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓ*	another man	Indefinite Article (s.)
ϩⲁⲛⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓ	some other men	Indefinite Article (pl.)
ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓ	this other man	Demonstrative Article (m.)
ⲡⲁⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲓ	my other man	Possessive Article (1s.)

*Note that for the singular indefinite noun, the singular indefinite article ⲟⲩ is dropped. However, in the case of the plural, the plural indefinite article ϩⲁⲛ is kept.

Exercises

Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic

Translate the following into Coptic:

1. 
   

Exercise 2: Translate to English

Translate the following phrases into English:

1. 
   ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ̀ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ

Resources

"A Study in Bohairic Coptic" by Nabil Matar; p162

See Moawad Daoud Lesson 2

See Sameh Younan page 59 in the PDF

ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson 3A