Lesson 5: Interrogatives

DemonstrativesInterrogatives

Demonstratives refer to the English "this" and "that." The demonstrative "this" is called the near demonstrative since it refers to objects that are nearby (e.g. "this book") whereas "that" is called the far demonstrative since it refers to objects that are far away (e.g. "that book").

~~In Coptic, the near demonstratives can be denoted as an article attached to the noun, or as a pronoun.~~

Near Demonstrative Articles

~~Masculine (this)~~	~~Feminine (this)~~	~~Plural (these)~~
~~ⲡⲁⲓ-~~	~~ⲧⲁⲓ-~~	~~ⲛⲁⲓ-~~

~~Page 46 of Sameh Younan PDF~~

~~Page 143 of Nabil Mattar~~

~~Lesson 3 of Moawad Daoud~~

Near Demonstrative Pronouns

~~Masculine (this)~~	~~Feminine (this)~~	~~Plural (these)~~
~~ⲫⲁⲓ~~	~~ⲑⲁⲓ~~	~~ⲛⲁⲓ~~

~~Page 36 of Sameh Younan PDF~~

~~Page 147 of Nabil Mattar~~

~~Lesson 3 of Moawad Daoud~~

Far Demonstrative Article

~~Page 46 of Sameh Younan PDF~~

~~Page 557 of Nabil Mattar~~

~~Lesson 12 of Moawad Daoud~~

Far Demonstrative Pronouns

~~Page 36 of Sameh Younan PDF~~

~~Page 557 of Nabil Mattar~~

Application

Application 1:

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ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ

This is also true

ⲫⲁⲓ -

Exercises

Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic

Translate the following into Coptic:

This man and this woman
This brother and this sister
This boy and this girl
This father and this mother
The father and these sons
These brothers and sisters
These fathers and mothers
These women and men
These boys and girls
These kings and queens

Exercise 2: Translate to English

Translate the following phrases into English: