Lesson 4: 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

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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