EGYPTIAN GRAMMAR......Page 3
PREFACE
TO THE THIRD EDITION......Page 6
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 7
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 10
CONTENTS
......Page 14
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 18
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS......Page 27
A. THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE......Page 33
B. THE EGYPTIAN WRITING......Page 38
C. BRIEF HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN PHILOLOGY......Page 42
D. BRIEF SURVEY OF EGYPTIAN LITERATURE......Page 51
EXTRACTS ADAPTED FROM ORIGINAL EGYPTIAN TEXTS AND USED AS READING-LESSONS......Page 61
LESSON I......Page 62
THE ALPHABET......Page 64
EXERCISE I......Page 66
Ideograms or sense-signs......Page 67
Generic determinatives......Page 68
Verbal and Non-verbal sentences......Page 71
EXERCISE II......Page 74
Biliteral signs......Page 75
The suffix-pronouns......Page 76
The M of predication......Page 77
The śḏm.f form of the verb......Page 78
EXERCISE III......Page 80
The triliteral signs......Page 81
The dependent pronouns......Page 82
Adjectives......Page 84
EXERCISE IV......Page 85
PECULIARITIES OF HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING......Page 86
The independent pronouns......Page 90
Word-order......Page 91
The śḏm.n.f form......Page 92
EXERCISE V......Page 94
Nouns and adjectives......Page 95
EXERCISE VI......Page 100
SYNTAX OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS......Page 101
EXERCISE VII......Page 107
EXCURSUS A: The Titulary and other Designations of the King......Page 108
SYNTAX OF ADJECTIVES......Page 113
EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH ADJECTIVES, ETC.......Page 115
NEGATION......Page 117
EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES......Page 119
EXERCISE VIII......Page 121
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS......Page 122
EQUIVALENTS OF THE ENGLISH POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES......Page 124
SENTENCES EXPRESSING POSSESSION......Page 125
EXERCISE IX......Page 127
SENTENCES WITH ADVERBIAL PREDICATE......Page 128
EXERCISE X......Page 136
SENTENCES WITH NOMINAL OR PRONOMINAL PREDICATE......Page 137
EXERCISE XI......Page 144
SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVAL PREDICATE......Page 145
EXERCISE XII......Page 150
EMPHASIS BY ANTICIPATION......Page 151
PREPOSITIONS......Page 155
EXERCISE XIII......Page 160
PREPOSITIONS (continued)......Page 161
EXERCISE XIV......Page 175
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES......Page 176
NOUN CLAUSES......Page 177
EXERCISE XV......Page 183
RELATIVE CLAUSES......Page 184
EXERCISE XVI......Page 191
ADVERBS......Page 192
ADVERB CLAUSES......Page 195
EXERCISE XVII......Page 205
EXCURSUS B: The Formula of Offering employed in the Funerary Cult......Page 207
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH......Page 210
PARTICLES......Page 211
EXERCISE XVIII......Page 220
Enclitic particles......Page 221
INTERJECTIONS......Page 226
EXERCISE XIX......Page 227
NUMBERS......Page 228
Weights and measures......Page 234
EXERCISE XX......Page 238
EXCURSUS C: The Divisions of Time and Method of Dating......Page 240
THE VERB (INTRODUCTORY)......Page 243
THE VERB-CLASSES......Page 249
VOICE, MOOD, AND TENSE......Page 256
TERMINOLOGY......Page 257
THE INFINITIVE......Page 259
EXERCISE XXI......Page 270
THE OLD PERFECTIVE......Page 271
EXERCISE XXII......Page 279
THE PSEUDO-VERBAL CONSTRUCTION......Page 280
EXERCISE XXIII......Page 292
THE IMPERATIVE......Page 294
THE NEGATIVAL COMPLEMENT......Page 298
THE NEGATIVE VERB......Page 299
OTHER MODES OF NEGATION......Page 303
EXERCISE XXIV......Page 305
THE PARTICIPLES......Page 307
THE ŚḎMTY·FY FORM......Page 317
USES OF THE PARTICIPLES AND OF THE ŚḎMTY·FY FORM......Page 318
EXERCISE XXV......Page 328
SYNTAX OF THE PARTICIPLES AND OF THE ŚḎMTY·FY FORM......Page 330
THE RELATIVE FORMS......Page 334
EXERCISE XXVI......Page 346
SPECIAL USES OF THE PARTICIPLES AND RELATIVE FORMS......Page 348
THE ŚḎMT·F FORM......Page 353
EXERCISE XXVII......Page 360
THE SUFFIX CONJUGATION......Page 361
THE ŚḎM·N·F FORM......Page 365
EXERCISE XXVIII......Page 372
THE PASSIVE ŚḎM·F FORM......Page 374
THE ŚḎMM·F FORM......Page 380
THE ŚḎM·'IN·F, ŚḎM·ḪR·F AND ŚḎM·Kȝ·F FORMS......Page 381
EXERCISE XXIX......Page 386
THE ŚḎM·F FORM......Page 387
THE IMPERFECTIVE ŚḎM·F......Page 389
EXERCISE XXX......Page 398
THE PERFECTIVE ŚḎM·F FORM......Page 400
EXERCISE XXXI......Page 417
COMPOUND NARRATIVE VERB-FORMS......Page 419
THE AUXILIARY 'IW......Page 421
THE AUXILIARY WNN......Page 426
THE AUXILIARY ‘Ḥ‘......Page 428
OTHER AUXILIARY VERBS......Page 431
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE SUFFIX CONJUGATION......Page 433
EXERCISE XXXII......Page 436
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCE......Page 437
QUESTIONS......Page 438
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS AND ADVERBS......Page 443
MULTIPLE SENTENCES......Page 446
ELLIPSES......Page 447
FINAL REMARKS ON WORD-ORDER......Page 449
CONCORD......Page 451
EXERCISE XXXIII......Page 456
NEW PARAGRAPHS AND OTHER ADDITIONS......Page 459
APPENDIX A. THE VOCALIZATION OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN......Page 465
APPENDIX B. THE TRANSCRIPTION OF EGYPTIAN PROPER NAMES......Page 471
LIST OF HIEROGLYPHIC SIGNS......Page 475
A. Man and his Occupations......Page 479
C. Anthropomorphic Deities......Page 485
D. Parts of the Human Body......Page 486
E. Mammals......Page 495
F. Parts of Mammals......Page 498
G. Birds......Page 504
H. Parts of Birds......Page 510
I. Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.......Page 512
K. Fishes and parts of Fishes......Page 513
L. Invertebrata and Lesser Animals......Page 514
M. Trees and Plants......Page 515
N. Sky, Earth, Water......Page 522
O. Buildings, Parts of Buildings, etc.......Page 529
P. Ships and Parts of Ships......Page 535
Q. Domestic and Funerary Furniture......Page 537
R. Temple Furniture and Sacred Emblems......Page 538
S. Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc.......Page 541
T. Warfare, Hunting, Butchery......Page 547
U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions......Page 553
V. Rope, Fibre, Baskets, Bags, etc......Page 558
W. Vessels of Stone and Earthenware......Page 564
X. Loaves and Cakes......Page 568
Y. Writings, Games, Music......Page 570
Z. Strokes, Signs derived from Hieratic, Geometrical Figures......Page 571
Aa. Unclassified......Page 576
INDEX TO THE FOREGOING SIGN-LIST......Page 581
A SELECTION OF SIGNS GROUPED ACCORDING TO SHAPE......Page 584
EGYPTIAN-ENGLISH VOCABULARY......Page 586
ENGLISH-EGYPTIAN VOCABULARY......Page 642
I. GRAMMATICAL AND ORTHOGRAPHIC......Page 667
II. GENERAL......Page 681
