Detailed Table of Contents |
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Title Page | |
Chapter I. The Alphabet |
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Letters and Pronunciation |
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Notes on the Letters |
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g, d and z |
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q, c, f, x, y |
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i and u (the semivowels) |
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The Seven Letters Derived from Demotic |
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Older unused consonants |
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The Vowels |
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The Diphthongs |
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Non-diphthongs |
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Change of Consonants |
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n before b, m and p |
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s before ` |
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Contractions |
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Metathesis |
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Change of Vowels |
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w after m or n |
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o before 6 or 4 (representing old h) |
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Contraction of Vowels |
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Chapter II. Syllables and Words |
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Definition |
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Kinds |
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Accent or tone |
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Tone Shift |
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Compound nouns |
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Induced vocalic changes |
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The Superlinear Stroke or Syllable Marker |
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Nouns ending in -e in conjunction with another word |
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Three Forms or Vowel Structures |
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The Absolute Form |
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The Construct Form |
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The Pronominal Form |
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Word Division |
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Word Division (MSS) |
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Word Division (Printed) |
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Long Superlinear Stroke |
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Abbreviated Greek Words |
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Greek Words Spelled Phonetically |
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Punctuation |
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Chapter III. Morphology |
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I. Nouns (non-verbal forms) |
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Pronouns |
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The Suffix Pronouns |
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Uses After Prepositions |
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As Subject of Verbal Auxiliaries |
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As Possessives |
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Forms of the Suffix (1st poss sing) |
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2nd fem sing |
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3rd fem sing |
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2 com pl |
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3 com pl -ou |
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3 com pl -sou |
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The Independent Pronouns |
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Uses of Independent Pronoun |
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Pronoun of Emphasis or Contrast |
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Absolute Forms of the Possessive Pronoun |
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Absolute as Substantive |
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The Possessive Adjective |
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The Possessive Article |
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The Demonstrative Pronoun |
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Absolute Form |
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Construct Form with et.m-mau |
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Interrogative Pronouns |
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Nouns |
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Gender |
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General Rule |
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Exceptions |
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Formed from 3 m/f sing Verb |
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Compound Nouns |
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Prefixes |
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Noun Prefixes |
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Common |
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Other Noun Prefixes |
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Verb Prefixes |
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Particle Prefixes |
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Collectives, serial, profession |
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Number |
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General |
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Masculine Plurals |
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Nouns ending in -o |
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Nouns ending in -e |
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Plural -hu |
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Plural -eeu |
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Long Vowel Preceding Ending in -t |
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Irregular |
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Short Vowel Preceding Ending in -t |
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Plural Formed by Adding -e |
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Plural Formed by Moving Tone |
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Broken Plural |
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Irregular |
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Feminine Plurals |
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Ending in -e |
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Ending in -h |
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Ending in -w |
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Irregular |
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Chapter IV. The Article |
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The Definite Article |
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Position |
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Forms |
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With time words |
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To express the vocative |
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The Indefinite Article |
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Uses of Indefinite Article |
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With Nouns of Substance or Material |
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Omission of Article |
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In Compound Words |
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Two Nouns |
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Noun Linked to Preceding Verbal Form |
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Linked by Preposition |
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Enumerating Nouns |
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In Negative Sentences Expecting a Negative Answer |
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In Precise Adverbial Phrases |
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With Nouns Taking Suffixes |
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Misconstrued Words |
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Apposition |
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The Genitive |
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History |
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Linkage by the Particle n- |
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Linkage by the Particle nte- |
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nte with Qualified Nouns |
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The Adjective |
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Relative Clause for Adjective |
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Number and Gender |
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Ending in -e |
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The Adjective as Substantive |
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Position |
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(1) Noun in Absolute |
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(2) Noun in Construct |
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(3) Linked by n- (most common) |
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(4) Before the Noun |
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Concord |
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thr=, ouaa= and mauaa= |
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ke |
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Combined with oua and laau |
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Before Noun and Preceded by Definite or Possessive Article |
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Comparison |
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Comparative |
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The Superlative |
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Chapter V. The Numerals |
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Sahidic and Bohairic Practice |
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The Cardinal Numbers |
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Formation of Composite Numerals |
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11 through 99 |
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Juxtaposition |
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Combination Through mn- |
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Hundreds and Thousands |
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Construct and Absolute Forms |
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Tens Followed by Hundreds |
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Ciphers with and without mn- |
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Syntax of the Cardinal Numbers |
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General |
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Notes on the Numeral One |
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Notes on the Numeral Two |
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Distributive Usage |
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Fractions |
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Multiplication |
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The Ordinal Numbers |
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Formation |
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Adjectival Usage |
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Notation of Time |
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General |
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The Month |
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The Day |
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Lesser Divisions of Time |
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Dating |
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Early |
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After the Arab Conquest |
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Chapter VI. The Verb |
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Structure |
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The Two Forms |
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The Infinitive |
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Formation |
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Meaning |
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Forms |
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The Qualitative |
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Qualitative only verbs |
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Meaning |
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With nhu as a Future |
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As Substitute for the Adjective |
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Chapter VII. Verb Classes 1 |
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General Remarks |
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Abbreviations Describing Classes |
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Class I: 2 Lit |
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Mixed 2 Lit/3 Lit Verbs |
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2 Lit Verbs Without Initial Consonant |
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2 Lit Verbs Without Final Consonant |
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Monosyllabic Irregular Verbs (3 Lit forms in r) |
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Class II: 2 Lit Gem |
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Class III: 2 Lit |
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Verbs ending in e |
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Middle Weak Verbs |
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Model knos |
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Model 4lhl |
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Model ou`ai |
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Formative Vowel a in Last Syllable |
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Two Verbs with Formative Vowel o |
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Chapter VIII. Verb Classes 2 |
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Class IV: 3 Lit Inf |
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Formation and Model 4ike | |
Common Verbs |
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Model ra4e |
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Model kn-ne |
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Model pwwne |
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Class V: |
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Formation |
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Model br-br- |
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Class VI: 4 Lit Inf |
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Class VII: 5 Lit |
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Class VII: Doubled Vowel after 1st Radical |
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Causative Verbs |
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General Remarks, Formation with s- |
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Verbs with ` as the 1st Radical |
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Formation with Prefix t- |
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Formation Verbs with Feminine Form in Qual Coalescence to Form q |
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Elision of Prefix t- |
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Compound Verbs |
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Greek Verbs |
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Formation |
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Phonetic Spelling of Greek Verbs |
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Chapter IX. Conjugation |
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Old Egyptian Method |
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Three Survivors |
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pe`e |
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Adjective Verbs |
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naiat=, ‘Blest’ |
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Existential Verbs oun ‘To be’ and mn- ‘Not to be’ |
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Conjugation by Auxiliaries |
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General |
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Forms of the Auxiliaries |
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Table of Pronominal Forms, Durative Tenses |
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Present Tenses |
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I Present |
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With Undefined Subject |
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Uses of I Present |
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II Present |
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Negation of the Present |
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The Imperfect |
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Definition |
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With the Particle pe |
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Negation of the Imperfect |
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The Circumstantial |
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Form and Function |
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Introducing a Second Verb |
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Negation of the Circumstantial |
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Chapter X. Limitative Tenses |
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Composition and Nature |
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Table of Pronominal Forms, Limitative Tenses |
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Perfect Tenses |
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The Perfect (I Perfect) |
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Negation of I Perfect |
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II Perfect |
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Description |
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Negation of the II Perfect |
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Tenses of Habitude |
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General and I Habitude |
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Negation of I Habitude |
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II Habitude |
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Negation of II Habitude |
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Future Tenses |
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Origin and Form |
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I and II Future |
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I Future |
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With `pi or `pe |
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II Future |
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Future Circumstantial |
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Negation of I and II Future |
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Future Imperfect |
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Negation of Future Imperfect |
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III Future |
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Negation of III Future |
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IV Future |
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The Optative |
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Negation of the Optative |
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Tenses of Unfulfilled Action |
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Table |
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Auxiliary 4ant.3-.swtm- |
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Auxiliary m-pat.3--.swtm- |
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Chapter XI. The Conjunctive |
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Table of Forms |
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Uses of the Conjunctive |
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The Conjunctive after Verbs of Wishing, Commanding, Allowing |
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The Conjunctive in Direct Speech |
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The Conjunctive with Greek Conjunctions |
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Negation of the Conjunctive |
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Compound Tenses, Auxiliaries, ‘Until’, Pluperfect |
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Impersonal Verbs |
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Generally |
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ouon and m-mon |
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With ounte=, mn-te= |
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Position of the Object |
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Adverbial m-mau | |
Nominal Object Introduced by n- |
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6aps |
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The Imperative |
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Form |
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Preserved Old Imperative Forms |
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Irregular Verbs |
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Second Imperative Replaced by Conjunctive |
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Negation of the Imperative |
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The Infinitive |
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Uses of the Infinitive |
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Negation of the Infinitive |
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The Simple Infinitive |
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Followed by the Genitive |
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Following 6n- |
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Following 6n- |
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The Anarticular Infinitive |
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As Subject |
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As Genitive |
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As Direct Object in Compound Verbs |
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After Prepositions |
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n-- as Object after Certain Verbs |
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The Potential Infinitive |
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The Causative Infinitive |
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Usage |
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Preceded by Auxiliaries |
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Preceded by a Preposition |
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Preceded by mn-.n-.sa |
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With 6n- |
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The Passive |
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Chapter XII. Particles |
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Prepositions |
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Types: Simple Prepositions |
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e-, ero= (2 pl erwtn-) |
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n-- and m-mo- |
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n-- and na= |
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mn-- and nm-ma= |
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oube-, oubh= |
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oute-, outw= |
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4a-, 4aro= |
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6i-, 6iw(w)= |
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6a-, 6aro= |
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6ht= |
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6n--, n-.6ht= |
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Compound Prepositions |
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Formation |
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Listing |
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Compounds with e- |
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etbe-, etbhht= |
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Compounds with n- |
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Compounds with 6a- |
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Compounds with 6i- |
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a`n-- (e`n--), a`n-t- (e`n-t=) |
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`in- |
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Greek Prepositions Used in Coptic |
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Chapter XIII. The Adverb |
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Formation |
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Adverbial Phrases |
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With e- |
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With n-- |
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With 6n-- |
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With Other Adverbs |
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Greek Adverbs |
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Conjunctions |
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General |
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List by Function |
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Notes on Conjunctions |
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auw |
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auw on |
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`n-, `en- |
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n-to3, 6ww3, -2e, n-tooun |
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`e |
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General |
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Usage |
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Interjections |
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eis, eis.6hte (6hhne, 6hhpe), ouoi, 6amoi |
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6a(e)io, m-pwr |
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Chapter XIV. Syntax |
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The Sentence |
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Types |
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The Verbal Sentence |
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Form |
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Groups |
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Group I: Subject Stands First |
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1st or 2nd Person Subject |
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Strengthening of Subject |
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Formation of Adjectival Predicate Equivalent |
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Predicate is an Adverb or Equivalent |
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With Normal Subject |
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With Pronominal Subject |
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Group II: Predicate Stands First |
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Description |
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When Subject Expressed by a Noun |
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Concord of Particle and Pronominal Subject |
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Emphasis by Order |
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Past Tense of the Non-Verbal Sentence |
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Circumstantial Use of the Non-Verbal Sentence |
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Negation of the Non-Verbal Sentence |
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Method |
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Predicate Only Negated |
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Remarks on the Non-Verbal Sentence |
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The Verbal Sentence |
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Description |
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The Durative Verbal Sentence |
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The Limitative Verbal Sentence |
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Word Order in the Verbal Sentence |
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Normal |
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With the Dative |
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When the Dative is Pronominal |
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When the Object is Pronominal |
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The Subject |
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The Normal Position |
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Use of Pronominal Forms of Auxiliaries |
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Emphasis through Interjection |
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Representation by Pronominal Auxiliary |
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Use of n-2i- after the Causative Infinitive |
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The Object |
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The Direct Object |
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Position and Form |
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Use of e-, ero= |
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Use with n-, m-mo= |
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Older Form/Newer Form with n-, m-mo= |
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Oblique Object |
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Oblique Object/Indirect Object |
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Greek Verbs |
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e-, ero= with Verbs of Perception or Mental Action |
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With Intransitive Verbs |
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Summary |
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Emphasis of the Object |
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The Adverb |
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Position |
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Normal Position |
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Exceptions |
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As Near-Compound Verbs |
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Chapter XV. Forms of Speech |
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Direct and Indirect Speech |
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Coordination of Sentences |
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Greek Conjunctions | |
Commands and Prohibitions |
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Wishes |
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Questions |
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Forms (Description) |
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As a Statement to Be Understood as a Question |
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With an Interrogative Pronoun or Adverb Before or After the Verb |
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At the Beginning of the Sentence: a4, nim, a6ro=, etbe.ou, ouhr |
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After the Verb: ou, twn, e.twn, ebol twn, tnau, 4a.tnau |
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With an Interrogative Particle Beginning the Sentence |
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Double Questions |
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Linkage: `n-, `n-- m-mon |
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Expected Answer |
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Indirect Questions |
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Relative Clauses |
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Types |
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With Undefined Antecedent |
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Non-Verbal |
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Use of the Resumptive Pronoun |
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Negation |
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With Defined Antecedent |
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Using et- |
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Using etere- |
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When the Subject of the Relative Clause is Pronominal |
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When the Relative Clause Contains an Imperfect or Tense of Habitude |
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Before the Perfect Tense |
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When the Relative Clause Contains a Negative Statement |
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When the Relative Clause Contains oun or (m)mn-- |
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When the Relative Clause Contains a Non-Verbal Sentence with pe, te or ne |
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Remarks on Relative Clauses |
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Omission of the Relative Pronoun |
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Use of et- with Consecutive Relative Clauses |
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When Used in a Descriptive Sense |
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When Preceded by a Non-Verbal Sentence |
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The Relative Substantive |
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Chapter XVI. Adverbial Clauses |
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Final Clauses |
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Simple Form |
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Introduced by the Conjunction `e, `eka(a)s |
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With the Greek Conjunctions 6wste, mhpws, mhpote |
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Conjunctive without Introductory Conjunction |
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Causal Clauses |
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Conditional Clauses |
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Types |
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Real Conditional Clauses |
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Open |
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Defined |
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Introduced by eie |
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Prospective Conditions |
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Defined |
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Negation |
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Introduced by e4wpe in the Protasis |
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Irreal Conditions |
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Defined |
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With e4wpe Introducing the Apodosis |
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Remarks on the Conditional Clause |
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Order of Components |
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Except, Unless |
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With a Concessive Force |
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Temporal Clauses |
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Types |
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Circumstantial |
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With Reference to a Point in Time |
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Past Temporal Clauses |
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Past Temporal Auxiliary and Negation |
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`in- Followed by II Perfect |
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mn-.n-.sa + Causative Infinitive |
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e.a.3.swtm- and e.m-p.3.swtm- |
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Contemporaneous Temporal Clauses |
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6m-.p.tre.3.swtm- |
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Prospective Temporal Clauses |
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er4an and 6otan |
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To Express a Temporal Clause With Reference to the Future |
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4ant.3.swtm- and m-pat.3-.swtm- |
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Negation |
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Three Methods |
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1. Negative Particles: n- . . . an |
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(Uncommon in Qual) |
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2. Negative Auxiliaries |
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3. tm-- |