In This Lesson:
Lesson Three: Verbal Sentences
VERB, SUBJECT, DIRECT OBJECT (VSO)
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Sentence Review
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Middle Egyptian Sentence Construction
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Example Sentences
Sentence Review
A sentence is a complete thought. It makes sense standing alone. A sentence has a subject and predicate.
Sentence Example:
"The man sees a beautiful boat."
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Subject: Who or what the sentence is about (usually a noun or pronoun).
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Example: The man
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Predicate: What the subject is doing or what is happening. It is usually a verb describing an action, but it can also describe a state of being or condition.
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Example: sees a beautiful boat
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Contrast with a Phrase:
"a beautiful boat" This is a phrase, not a sentence, because it is not a complete thought.
Sentences in Middle Egyptian
The word order of a sentence in Middle Egyptian is not the same as English.
In Middle Egyptian, the standard order is Verb → Subject → Object (VSO):
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Verb (comes first)
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Subject (who is doing the action)
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Direct Object (recieves the action of the verb; comes next, if there is one)
Use the navigational arrows to learn about sentence construction in Middle Egyptian.
