EXERCISE II, Part B (translate from English to Egyptian, with transliteration)
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EX. II, Part B.

1. The scribe goes down in another boat.
iw hAi zS pn m k.t dp.t
Verbal sentence with zS pn, 'this scribe' as (nominal) subject; hAi (3rd weak vb.) aorist/circumstantial verb form; m k.t dp.t, 'in another boat', prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial modifier of the predicative verb. Note gender agreements of pn and k.t with their respective nouns.
 
2. Ptah knows this counsel.
iw rx ptH sxr pn
Verbal sentence, with ptH, 'Ptah', as (nominal)subject; sxr pn, 'this plan', as direct object. The verb, rx ('to know') is aorist/circumstantial sDm=f verb form.
 
3.This poor man/commoner/citizen fares downstream to the city (and) the house is in joy
iw xdi nDs pn r niw.t iw pr m rSw.t
Verbal sentence, with nDs pn, 'this commoner', as (nominal) subject; xdi... r niw.t, 'goes downstream to the city', as predicate. The verb, xdi (3rd weak, 'to go downstream/north') is aorist/circumstantial sDm=f verb form.
iw pr m rSw.t can be treated as a separate sentence, or as a coordinate clause. It would be much easier if the two clauses were reversed, then the verbal clause could be circumstantial and it would make more sense: 'The house is in joy WHEN this citizen goes north.'
 
4. The moon rises in the sky
iw wbn iaH m p.t
Verbal sentence. Subject = iaH, 'moon'; predicate = 'rises in the sky'; verb wbn, 'to rise', is a circumstantial/aorist verb form.
 
5. The scribe is silent by day and by night. [render: in day, in night]
iw gr zS m hrw m grH
Verbal sentence. Subject = zS, 'scribe'; predicate is gr...m hrw m grH, 'silent day and night'.Verb, gr (to keep silence), is a circumstantial/aorist verb form.
 A word for 'and' is not generally needed. There is no "the", either, in these phrases because they represent a phase of the language when no (definite) article was used. After the New Kingdom you start seeing "the" which is pA (masc.) and tA (fem.)
 
6. This land is in joy (when) Re goes down into the (sacred) bark.
iw tA pn m rSw.t hAi ra i wiA
Sentence with a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is non-verbal, the subordinate clause is verbal (aorist/circumstantial verb form).
 
7. A good pool is in this city
iw S nfr m niw.t tn
Non verbal sentence with adverbial predicate. Subject is S nfr, A/the good pool'; adverbial predicate (ie. a preposition + noun) is m niw.t tn, 'in this city'.
 
8. This woman listens to (or 'obeys') the scribe. (read "listens" for "hearkens")
iw sDm z.t tn n zS
Verbal sentence with subject z.t tn, this woman; predicate sDm ... n zS, 'listens to/obeys the scribe'.
 
9. A man is there in the house.
iw z im m pr
Non verbal sentence. Subject is z, 'man'; adverbial predicate is im m pr, 'there in the house'. The predicate is composed of two adverbial phrases; a plain adverb im, and then an adverbial modifier phrase consisting of a preposition (m) and a noun (pr).

 


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