Unit 3: Adjectives
- Lesson 1: Attributive Construction
- Lesson 2: Compound Nouns (ⲙⲉⲧ-, ⲣⲉϥ-, ⲣⲉⲙ-)
- Lesson 3: Compound Nouns (ⲥⲁ, ⲙⲁ)
- Lesson 4: Inflected Adjectives
- Lesson 5: Qualitatives as Adjectives
Lesson 1: Attributive 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; p
See Moawad Daoud Lesson
See Sameh Younan page in the PDF
ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson
Lesson 2: Compound Nouns (ⲙⲉⲧ-, ⲣⲉϥ-, ⲣⲉⲙ-)
Compound Nouns
Nabil Matar p 488
ⲙⲉⲧ-
ⲣⲉϥ-
ⲣⲉⲙ-
Examples:
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; p
See Moawad Daoud Lesson
See Sameh Younan page in the PDF
ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson
Lesson 3: Compound Nouns (ⲥⲁ, ⲙⲁ)
Compound Nouns
Nabil Matar p 488, 441
ⲙⲁ
ⲥⲁ
Examples:
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; p
See Moawad Daoud Lesson
See Sameh Younan page in the PDF
ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson
Lesson 4: Inflected Adjectives
Inflected Adjectives
See 3B lesson after 2.4.iii
Examples:
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; p
See Moawad Daoud Lesson
See Sameh Younan page in the PDF
ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson
Lesson 5: Qualitatives as Adjectives
Qualitative
Nabil Matar p 447
Examples:
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; p
See Moawad Daoud Lesson
See Sameh Younan page in the PDF
ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson