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Lesson 2: Possessive Articles

Possessive Articles

Masculine Object Feminine Object Plural Object English
ⲡⲁ- ⲧⲁ- ⲛⲁ- My
ⲡⲉⲕ- ⲧⲉⲕ- ⲛⲉⲕ- Your (m.)
ⲡⲉ- ⲧⲉ- ⲛⲉ- Your (f.)
ⲡⲉϥ- ⲧⲉϥ- ⲛⲉϥ- His
ⲡⲉⲥ- ⲧⲉⲥ- ⲛⲉⲥ- Her
ⲡⲉⲛ- ⲧⲉⲛ- ⲛⲉⲛ- Our
ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ- ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ- ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ- Your (pl.)
ⲡⲟⲩ- ⲧⲟⲩ- ⲛⲟⲩ- Their

Page 44 of the Sameh Younan PDF

Lesson 4 of Moawad Daoud

Page 132 of Nabil Matar

Application

Application 1: 

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ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ This is also true
  1. ⲫⲁⲓ -

Exercises

Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic

Translate the following into Coptic:

  1. This man and this woman
  2. This brother and this sister
  3. This boy and this girl
  4. This father and this mother
  5. The father and these sons
  6. These brothers and sisters
  7. These fathers and mothers
  8. These women and men
  9. These boys and girls
  10. These kings and queens
Exercise 2: Translate to English

Translate the following phrases into English: