Lesson 2: Possessive Articles

Possessive Articles

Masculine Object	Feminine Object	Plural Object	English	Person	Number
ⲡⲁ-	ⲧⲁ-	ⲛⲁ-	My	1st	Singular
ⲡⲉⲛ-	ⲧⲉⲛ-	ⲛⲉⲛ-	Our	1st	Plural
ⲡⲉⲕ-	ⲧⲉⲕ-	ⲛⲉⲕ-	Your (m.)	2nd	Singular
ⲡⲉ-	ⲧⲉ-	ⲛⲉ-	Your (f.)
ⲡⲉϥ-2nd	ⲧⲉϥ-	ⲛⲉϥ-	His
ⲡⲉⲥ-	ⲧⲉⲥ-	ⲛⲉⲥ-	Her
ⲡⲉⲛ-	ⲧⲉⲛ-	ⲛⲉⲛ-	OurSingular
ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ-	ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ-	ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ-	Your (pl.)	2nd	Plural
ⲡⲉϥ-	ⲧⲉϥ-	ⲛⲉϥ-	His	3rd	Singular
ⲡⲉⲥ-	ⲧⲉⲥ-	ⲛⲉⲥ-	Her	3rd	Singular
ⲡⲟⲩ-	ⲧⲟⲩ-	ⲛⲟⲩ-	Their	3rd	Plural

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:

Resources

• Page 44 of the Sameh Younan PDF

• Lesson 4 of Moawad Daoud

• Page 132 of Nabil Matar