Lesson Two: Suffix Pronouns
A possessive determiner is placed before a noun to show ownership in the English language. In Middle Egyptian, a suffix pronoun is put after the noun.
In This Lesson:
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Ownership in English & Middle Egyptian
Ownership in English
To show ownership in English, we add a possessive determiner before the object that is owned: my, your, his, her, its, our, your & their
Examples are:
my house, your dog, its name & our car
Ownership in Egyptian
To show ownership in Middle Egyptian, a suffix pronoun is placed after the object that is owned (noun).
Suffix Pronouns In Middle Egyptian:
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More on Suffix Pronouns
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Suffix pronouns serve multiple roles. They can also be attached to other host words. For example, when attached to a verb, they serve as the subject (such as I, you, or he). We will learn more about this in the upcoming lessons.
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Also note that in conventional transliteration, we attach the suffix pronoun to the noun using an equal sign (=) (a simplified way uses a hyphen [-] ) to show their connection. This is done to visually demonstrate their tight grammatical bond, as they formed a single spoken word in the original language.
