Lesson 2: Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Pronouns take the place of a noun. We briefly introduced pronouns with the Demonstrative Pronouns in a previous lesson. In this lesson, we will examine the Personal Pronouns (i.e. pronouns that describe or take the place of a person).

Coptic	English	Person	Number
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ	I	1st	Singular
ⲁⲛⲟⲛ	We/Us	1st	Plural
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲕ	You (m.)	2nd	Singular
̀ⲛⲑⲟ	You (f.)	2nd	Singular
̀ⲛⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ	You (pl.) or Y'all	2nd	Plural
̀ⲛⲑⲟϥ	He	3rd	Singular
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲥ	She	3rd	Singular
̀ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ	Them	3rd	Plural

Examples

<Definite Subject>	ⲡⲉ/ⲧⲉ/ⲛⲉ	<Definite Object>	Translation
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ	ⲡⲉ	ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ	I am the man
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ	ⲧⲉ	ϯ̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ	I am the woman
ⲁⲛⲟⲛ	ⲛⲉ	ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ	We are the men
̀ⲛⲑⲟ	ⲧⲉ	ϯϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ	You are the censer
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲥ	ⲧⲉ	ϯ̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ	She is the woman
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ	ⲡⲉ	ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ	I am the "small person" or "young person"
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲥ	ⲧⲉ	ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ	She is the queen
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲕ	ⲡⲉ	̀ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ	You are God
̀ⲛⲑⲟⲕ	ⲡⲉ	ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ	You are my God

Application

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Biblical Examples

Exercises

Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic

Translate the following into Coptic:

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Exercise 2: Translate to English

Translate the following phrases into English:

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