The Language of Ramesses : Late Egyptian Grammar.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Aim of the book -- Late Egyptian -- General organisation of the book -- Note on the transliteration and the passages cited -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's note -- Bibliographical notes -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: Morphology -- 1. Nouns -- 1.1 Morphology -- 1.2 Syntax -- 2. Articles -- 2.1 The definite article -- 2.2 The indefinite article -- 3. Demonstratives -- 3.1 First paradigm -- 3.1.1 Forms -- 3.1.2 Usage -- 3.1.3 Remark -- 3.2 Second paradigm -- 3.2.1 Forms -- 3.2.2 Usage -- 4. Possessives -- 4.1 Forms -- 4.2 Usage -- 5. Numbers -- 5.1 Cardinal numbers -- 5.1.1 Number one -- 5.1.2 Number two -- 5.1.3 Numbers 3 to 9 -- 5.1.3 Numbers from 10 onward -- 5.2 Ordinal numbers -- 5.2.1 'First' -- 5.2.2 From the 'second' -- 6. The indefinites -- 6.1 nb -- 6.2 ky -- 6.2.1 Used as adjective -- 6.2.2 Used as pronoun -- 7. Personal pronouns -- 7.1 Suffix pronouns -- 7.1.1 Spellings -- 7.1.2 Usage -- 7.2 Dependent pronouns -- 7.2.1 Spellings -- 7.2.2 Usage -- 7.3 The new Direct Object pronouns -- 7.3.1 Spellings -- 7.3.2 Origin -- 7.3.3 Usage -- 7.4 Independent pronouns -- 7.4.1 Spelling -- 7.4.2 Usage -- 8. Prepositions -- 9. Adverbs -- 10. Particles -- 10.1 -- 10.2 -- 10.3 -- 10.4 -- 10.5 -- 11. Other common morphemes -- 11.1 Negative morphemes -- 11.2 Interrogative morphemes -- 11.2.1 Interrogative particles -- 11.2.2 Interrogative pronouns -- 11.2.3 Interrogative adverb -- 11.3 Converters -- Part 2: Syntax -- 12. Fundamental notions -- 12.1 Autonomy -- 12.2 Initiality -- 12.3 The enunciation -- 12.4 The strategy of the enunciation -- Verbal System -- 13. The infinitive -- 13.1 Morphology -- 13.2 Syntax -- 13.3 Aspectual value -- 13.4 Usage -- 14. The Pseudo-participle -- 14.1 Morphology -- 14.2 Values -- 14.3 Usage -- 14.4 Remarks -- Independent Verbal Forms.

15. The perfective sDm.f -- 15.1 The active perfective sDm.f -- 15.2 The perfective sDm.f called 'passive' -- 16. The First Present -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The predicate is an adverb -- 16.3 The predicate is a prepositional phrase -- 16.4 The predicate is the Hr + infinitive form -- 16.5 The predicate is the m + infinitive form -- 16.6 The predicate is a pseudo-participle -- 16.7 Special case: the verb rx -- 17. The negative aorist -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Values -- 17.3 bw sDm.n.f (very rare) -- 17.4 bw sDm.f (quite frequent in school texts) -- 17.5 bw iri.f sDm -- 17.6 Excursus -- 18. The expression 'not yet' -- 18.1 Active Voice -- 18.2 Passive Voice -- 19. The Third Future -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Pronominal subject -- 19.3 Nominal subject -- 19.4 Remarks -- 20. The independent prospective -- 21. The imperative -- 21.1 Affirmative forms -- 21.2 Negative forms -- 22. The existential predication -- 22.1 Affirmative forms -- 22.2 Negative forms -- 22.3 Remarks -- 23. Second tenses -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 How second tenses work -- 23.3 How to translate second tenses -- 23.4 The second tenses periphrased -- 23.5 Modal second tense (non-periphrased) -- 23.6 Other second tenses -- 24. Independent forms: recapitulation -- 24.1 Table of the main independent forms -- 24.2 Conjugation of transitive verbs -- 24.3 Conjugation of intransitive verbs -- 24.4 Final remarks -- Non-Independent Verbal Forms -- 25. The continuative forms -- 25.1 Introduction -- 25.2 The sequential -- 25.3 The conjunctive -- 26. The non-independent prospective -- 26.1 In complement clauses following all forms of the verb -- 26.2 In purpose clauses -- 26.3 In subordinate clauses introduced by a preposition or a conjunction -- 27. The participles -- 27.1 Active participles -- 27.2 Passive participles -- 28. The relative forms -- 28.1 Morphology -- 28.2 Syntax.

28.3 Values -- 28.4 Usage -- 29. Relative clauses introduced by nty -- 29.1 Syntax -- 29.2 Temporal values -- 29.3 Usage -- 30. Relative clauses introduced by (i).wn or (i).wn.f -- 30.1 Introduction -- 30.2 Relative clauses introduced by the participle -- 30.3 Relative clauses introduced by the relative form -- 31. Table of relative clauses -- 32. Adverbial clauses introduced by iw -- 32.1 Introduction -- 32.2 Used as adverbial clauses -- 32.3 Used in place of a relative clause -- 32.4 Used in place of a complement clause -- 32.5 Excursus: the construction of verbs called 'operators' -- 33. Adverbial clauses introduced by ir -- 33.1 The particle ir -- 33.2 Correlative systems introduced by ir -- 33.3 Conclusion -- 33.4 Excursus A: thematisations with ir -- 33.5 Excursus B: ir + adverb / verbal form -- 33.6 Excursus C: ir + prepositional phrase / verbal form -- 34. Adverbial clauses introduced by wnn -- 34.1 Introduction -- 34.2 Examples -- 34.3 Remark: -- 35. Adverbial clauses introduced by inn -- 35.1 Introduction -- 35.2 Usage -- 36. Adverbial clauses introduced by -- 36.1 Introduction -- 36.2 The conditional -- 37. The i.iri.t.f sDm form -- 38. Recapitulation -- Nominal Forms -- 39. The nominal sentence with nominal predicate -- 40. The nominal sentence with adjectival predicate -- 41. Expressing possession -- 42. Cleft sentences -- 43. Appendix one: interrogative syntagmas -- 44. Appendix two: Syllabic Writing -- Index -- Grammar index -- Egyptian grammar index -- Index of sources cited -- List of figures.

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