Egyptian Grammar, with Table of Signs, Bibliography, Exercises for Reading and Glossary; By Adolf Erman. Translated by James Henry Breasted

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ... 2 Westc. 8, 8. 222. It is used especially at the beginning of a narrative or of one of its paragraphs: (1 K "D IN v Iw hibn ml ribi "My lord sent me out &c."1 (Beginning of the narrative). p. WITH THE AUXILIARY VERB wn. 223. The corresponding use of the auxiliary verb-s» wn "it is", is far more rare and probably archaic. There are found-a $ v wn sdmf "he hears",-") K wn sdmnf"he heard" and a-» (j Mwn srfm/ "he heard". 6. WITH DOUBLE SUBJECT, a. THE FORM iwf sdmf. 224. This form fl" IfsT" iwf sdmf lit-"he is' he hears"), means "he is accustomed to hear". With nominal subject it runs as follows: (1 p. Ms iii) Iw ntr sdmf "The god is accustomed to hear". When a number of verbs in this form follow one another, in/ is used with the first of them only. 225-It is used (similarly, the forms of § 221) in re i Eb. 51, 18. 2 Totb. 15 B, 6. 3 Sin. 96. Eb. 51, 20. 5AAAAAA I I-A n A AWWVA IT v J-7-1 vft «wn hnf h3bf ni "His majesty sent to me",1 is explained by § 346.-(. THE FORM hrf sdmf. 229. This rare formation is evidently related to sdmhrf, and like it, is used in directions: Yfl 'rt hrk wihk dtk "lay your hand",2 D I O n I I ll ¥k. %r st &ss ddls im "Let the woman anoint her head with it",3 o VN4 D ci hrtrw ditw "Let there be given".4 c. WITH A VERB OF MOTION. a. WITH chCn AND cbc230. The very frequent combination y ) SN ChCn sdmnf ("he arose and heard"?), originally marked an occurrence in the narrative, as significant (something like "then he heard"). In the popular language of the m. e., however, it is weakened to the usual form for narrative ("he heard"), ...