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A Course of Lesson in: Coptic Language
A COURSE OF
LESSONS IN
COPTIC
LANGUAGE
Dr. NABIL S. ISSHAK
Transcribed by
AMBROSE BOLES
Suitable for Deacons
and Sunday Schools
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HIS HOLINESS
POPE SHENOUDA III
POPE OF ALEXANDRIA and
PATRIARCH OF THE SEE OF ST. MARK
Copyright © Dr Nabil S. Isshak
Transcribed by Ambrose Boles ambroseboles@yahoo.co.uk
Date of publication: 15 th February 2006 (version 1)
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ALPHABET
Capital letters
Small letters
Pronunciation
Name
A
a
a
alpha
B
b
v, b
beta
G
g
g, gh, n
ghamma
D
d
the, d
thelta
E
e
e
ey
-
^
-
co
Z
z
z
zita
Y
y
ie
ieta
:
;
th
theta
I
i
i
yota
K
k
k
kappa
L
l
l
lola
M
m
m
mi
N
n
n
ni
X
x
x
exi
O
o
o
o
P
p
p
pi
R
r
r
ro
C
c
o
oima
T
t
t
tav
U
u
v, i, ou
ipsolen
V
v
f
fi
<
,
k, sh, kh
ki
'
'
ps
epsi
W
w
oo
oo
S
s
sh
shay
F
f
f
fay
Q
q
kh
khay
H
h
h
hori
J
j
g, j
ganga
{
[
ch
chima
}
]
ti
ti
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UNIT 1
To make a Coptic sentence, you need a subject (noun or pronoun) and a verb.
Other components include objects and prepositions.
(1) VERBS
Verbs given here can be used in the imperative form , i.e. for a request or
giving an order.
Hemci
sit
heamsi
Mosi
go/walk
moshi
[I
take
chi
Cwtem
listen
soateam
Ouwm
eat
ou-woam
Cw
drink
soah
Ouwst
kneel/worship
ou-woasht
`slyl
pray
eshleel
`cmou
bless
esmou
Caji
speak
saji
(2) NOUNS
Nouns are used as subjects or objects. First we shall study single masculine
nouns. These take the definite article pi , meaning “the”, and the indefinite
article ou , meaning “a”.
ourwmi
a man
ou-roami
pirwmi
the man
pi-roami
oualou
a boy
ou-alou
Pialou
the boy
pi-alou
Ououyb
a priest
ou-ou-weep
piouyb
the priest
pi-ou-weep
Piervei
the altar
pi-erfeay
Pitotc
the chair
pitots
Piro
the door
piroh
Pilaoc
the people
pilawos
Pima
the place
pimah
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Pimanvici
the kitchen
pimanfisi
pikahi
the floor
pikahi
piry
the sun
piree
(Kahiry)
Cairo [land of the sun]
kahiree
Pidiakwn
the deacon
pi-thiakoan
(3) PREPOSITION
This is a word (e.g. “in”, “from”, “to”) often placed before a noun or pronoun to
show place, direction source etc. The object separated from a verb by a
preposition is called an indirect object .
qen
in/by
khean
Ejen/hijen
on
ejean/hijean
nem
with
neam
`e
to
eah
The following sentences are made up from a verb in the imperative, a
preposition and an indirect object .
Caji nem pirwmi
speak with the man
Mosi nem pialou
walk with the boy
`slyl nem piouyb
pray with the priest
Hemci hijen pitotc
sit on the chair
Hemci hijen pikahi
sit on the floor
`slyl qen piervei
pray (in) the altar
Ouwm qen pimanvici
eat in the kitchen
(4) VOCABULARY
Ari`hmot
please (do)
ari-ehmot
Ari`hmot cw
please drink
ari-ehmot soah
Ari`hmot hemci
please sit down
ari-ehmot heamsi
`mper
do not
empear
`mpercaji
do not speak
empear saji
Alla
but
allah
`mpercaji alla
cwtem
do not speak but listen empear saji allah
soateam
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