exercise cards 2

he has passed many years in imprisonment
he has passed many years in imprisonment
I am your father
Luke, I am your father. (Possibly not Luke)
* independent pronouns as subject
I am good
I am good
* independent personal pronoun as subject with adjectival predicate
almost confined to 1st person singular it iss against Egyptian usage to employ independent pronoun when the predicate is adverbial
I answered it to him
I answered it to him
* when the subject or object is a pronoun and when the proposition n governs a suffix-pronoun so as to form a dative case the rule is a noun must not precede a pronoun and that the dependent pronoun must not precede a suffix
the scribe brings it to you
the scribe brings it to you
* when the subject of object is a pronoun and when the preposition governs a suffix pronoun to form a dative case, the rule is a noun must not precede a pronoun and that dependent pronoun must not precede a suffix
he sends you
he sends you
* when the subject or object is pronoun ...
imprisonment
imprisonment
* notice the t is missing from above
the scribe reports this secret to his lord in the city
the scribe reports this secret to his lord in the city
* dative differs from other adverbial phrases -- tends to follow closely the word that governs it, word order modified when pronoun
you are in the house
you are in the house (of course you would know that, wouldn't you?)
he had overthrown his enemies
he had overthrown his enemies (and you can see them falling all around the place)
his son ferries you across
his son ferries you across
OR you ferry his son across (since n may be the suffix just as well as the dependent pronoun)
when the subject or object is a pronoun ...
he went out
he went out
lo,I did it
lo, I did it

our good lord has sent to us a dispatch about it
our good lord has sent to us a dispatch about it
how like to her it is
how like to her it is

it does not belong to you
it doesn't belong to you
the god heard it
the king heard it
the god heard the voice
the king heard the voice
he is to me
he is mine (he is to me)
then the official will say
then the official will say
I was born
I was born
the scribe sends you
the scribe sends you

a beautiful day to you
a good day to you
may he live,be prosperous be healthy
may he live, be prosperous, be healthy
* an abbreviation
you lord has sent you
your lord has sent you


















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