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 ⲡⲉ/ⲧⲉ/ⲛⲉ 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 Application 1:  This is an excerpt from .  Application 2:  This is an excerpt from Biblical Examples Exercises Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic Translate the following into Coptic:   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