Lesson 5: Possessive Construction
Attributive Construction
See 3B lesson 2.4.i
Examples:
| ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲙⲃⲉⲣⲓ | New Testament |
| ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲥ | Old Testament |
| ϯϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ ̀ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ | The golden censer (the censer of gold) |
Exercises
Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic
Translate the following into Coptic:
Exercise 2: Translate to English
Translate the following phrases into English:
- ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ̀ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ
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