Coptic for All - Lesson2-01

Level 2: Lesson 1

Indefinite articles

Intro

Singular nouns
ⲟⲩ

Plural nouns
ϩⲁⲛ

Irregular plural nouns

Excercise

Test

Intro

Singular nouns
ⲟⲩ

Plural nouns
ϩⲁⲛ

Irregular plural nouns

Excercise

Test

Intro

Coptic nouns need to be attached to either a definite or an indefinite article, this is somewhat similar to articles “a”, “some” and “the” in English language. However, Coptic articles are written in the beginning of each word with no space between them. In this lesson we will learn about the indefinite articles.

Singular nouns
ⲟⲩ

The indefinite article for singular nouns is ⲟⲩ - Examples:

+ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲩ - a mother

+ ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ - a name

+ ⲟⲩϫⲱⲙ - a book

+ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ - a man

Plural nouns
ϩⲁⲛ

The indefinite article for plural nouns is ϩⲁⲛ

In Coptic, the spelling of plural words is often similar to their singular form, in this case we can tell if a word is singular or plural using the article attached to it - examples:

+ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲩ - a mother
ϩⲁⲛⲙⲁⲩ - mothers

+ ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ - a name
ϩⲁⲛⲣⲁⲛ - names

+ ⲟⲩϫⲱⲙ - a book
ϩⲁⲛϫⲱⲙ - some books

+ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ - a man
ϩⲁⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ - some men

Irregular plural nouns

On the other hand some Coptic words have different spelling in the plural form - examples:

+ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲛ - a brother
ϩⲁⲛⲥ̀ⲛⲏⲟⲩ - brothers

+ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲟⲩ - a child
ϩⲁⲛⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩⲓ - children

+ ⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ - a father
ϩⲁⲛⲓⲟϯ - fathers

+ ⲟⲩⲥ̀ϩⲏⲙⲓ - a woman
ϩⲁⲛϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ - women

Exercise

Test

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Level 1

+ Learn the Coptic Alphabet

+ Read simple words and examples from the liturgy

+ Practice reading the Lord's prayer:

Ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ

Level 2

+ Indefinite and definite articles

+ Present tense

+ Past tense

+ Possessive adjectives

+ Adjectives & association

+ Structure of Coptic sentence

Level 3

+ Demonstrative pronouns

+ Negation of the past tense

+ Future tense

+ 2^nd Past tense

+ Possessive pronouns

+ Studying the First Canticle

Level 4

+ Imperative

+ Verb relation to object 2^nd and 3^rd degrees

+ Past continuous

+ Study the Lord’s prayer:

Ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ

Level 5

Advanced level, the curriculum will be tailored to the participants’ needs