Lesson 3: Nominal Bipartite Sentences Nominal Bipartite Sentences In the previous lessons, we studied several forms of Nominal Tripartite Sentences. They are enumerated here:   We defined a Tripartite Sentence as a sentence with three parts (hence the name), so naturally a Bipartite Sentence will be a sentence with two parts. We'll use the same building blocks as in the last two lessons. We have two forms of Nominal Bipartite Sentences: In this sentence structure, the copula or the "is/am/are" is assumed and understood by the context of the sentence. This structure is common found with personal pronouns as the subject, although it could be used with a regular definite noun as the subject. This structure is also commonly found when a demonstrative pronoun is the object. Translation ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩ̀ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ I am a prophet ̀ⲛⲑⲟⲕ ⲡⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ You are the Christ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ We are Jews ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲫⲁⲓ This is my son ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲟⲩ̀ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ The man is a prophet In this sentence structure, the subject is assumed to be the relevant pronoun (i.e. it, he, they, etc.), and the object is what is specified. The object here can be an indefinite noun, a definite noun, a possessive noun, a pronoun, etc. Translation ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉ he is my father ⲧⲁⲙⲁⲩ ⲧⲉ she is my mother ⲛⲁ̀ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ they are my brothers ⲡⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲡⲉ he is the wise one ϯⲥⲁⲃⲏ ⲧⲉ she is the wise one ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲡⲉ he is a man ⲟⲩ̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲧⲉ she is a woman ϩⲁⲛⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ they are ships ⲫⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ this is it (m.) ⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ this is it (f.) ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ they are these Naturally, this would take on a different translation when the object is a personal pronoun (since it doesn't make much sense to say "he is him" or "she is her"). Translation ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ it is I ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ it is us ̀ⲛⲑⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ it is you (m.) ̀ⲛⲑⲟ ⲧⲉ it is you (f.) ̀ⲛⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉ it is you (pl.) ̀ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉ it is him ̀ⲛⲑⲟⲥ ⲧⲉ it is her ̀ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ it is them Application Application 1:  This is an excerpt from <>.  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