Lesson 3: Demonstrative Articles
Demonstratives
Demonstratives refer to the English "this" and "that." The demonstrative "this" is called the near demonstrative since it refers to objects that are nearby (e.g. "this book") whereas "that" is called the far demonstrative since it refers to objects that are far away (e.g. "that book").
In Coptic, the near demonstratives can be denoted as an article attached to the noun, or as a pronoun.
Near Demonstrative Articles
| Masculine (this) | Feminine (this) | Plural (these) |
| ⲡⲁⲓ- | ⲧⲁⲓ- | ⲛⲁⲓ- |
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Near Demonstrative Pronouns
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Far Demonstrative Article
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Far Demonstrative Pronouns
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Application
Application 1:
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| ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ | This is also true |
- ⲫⲁⲓ -
Exercises
Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic
Translate the following into Coptic:
- This man and this woman
- This brother and this sister
- This boy and this girl
- This father and this mother
- The father and these sons
- These brothers and sisters
- These fathers and mothers
- These women and men
- These boys and girls
- These kings and queens
Exercise 2: Translate to English
Translate the following phrases into English: