Coptic in 20 lessons

Contents.1. Coptic. The Alphabet. Regular Replacements. Simplifications. Abbreviations.

2. Articles and What They Express. Noun. Proper Noun. Omission of Article.

Article Phrase. 'And', 'Or', and 'Of. 13

3. Possessive Article. Simple Nominal Sentence. 24

4. Adjective. Attributive Construction. Adjectival Predicate. 32

5. Nominal Sentences with Three Members. 38

6. Specifiers. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers. 45

7. Preposition. Personal Suffixes. Possessed Noun. Compound Preposition.

Combinative Adverb. 51

8. Possessive Pronoun. Survey of Articles and Pronouns. 60

9. Durative Sentence. Infinitive and Stative. Adjectival Meaning. Comparative and

Superlative. Direct Object. Additional Predicate after a Direct Object.

Ingressive. 67

10. Non-durative Conjugation: Main Clause Conjugation Bases. 'To Be' in

Coptic. 79

11. Bound States of the Infinitive. Direct Object Constructions. Compound

Infinitives. Imperative. Vocative. 86

12. Non-durative Conjugation: Subordinate Clause Conjugation Bases. Inflected

Modifier. Some Stylistic Devices. 98

13. Causative Infinitive. Verboids. 'To Have'. Dynamic Passive. 108

14. Impersonal Predicates. The Four Conversions. Preterit Conversion. How

Conversion Works. 777

15. Asyndetic Connection of Clauses. Adverb. Circumstantial Conversion. 130

16. Relative Conversion. 140

17. Relative Conversion (Continued). 147

18. Focalizing Conversion. 154

19. Cleft Sentence. Reported Discourse and Thought. 164

20. Conditional Sentences. Purpose and Result. Correlated Comparison. 770

Chrestomathy: The Gospel of Mark, Chapters One to Three. 777

Reference List of Coptic Forms. 187

Subject Index. 207



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