Lesson 5: Pronouns

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

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

Near Demonstrative Pronouns

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

When using the near demonstrative as a pronoun, it takes the place of a noun. For example instead of saying "this man" (and having the demonstrative "this" describe the subject "man"), you may want to say "this is the man" where the demonstrative "this" acts as a pronoun and the subject of the sentence, and "man" acts as the object.

To aid in understanding and completing useful exercises, we will memorize two simple expressions:

ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ	What is this?
ⲁϣ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ	What are these?

 

Application

Application 1: 

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ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ

This is also true

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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:

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Exercise 3: Practice Text

ⲱ ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲁⲩ ̀ⲧ̀ⲁⲅⲓ̀ⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ̀ⲛⲑⲟ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲁⲩ. ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲓϣⲏⲣⲓ ̀ⲙⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲓ ̀ⲙⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ. ̀ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲛϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉϥ̀ⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ. ̀ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ.

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