Coptic Bohairic Introductory Course

Lesson 1

Fundamentals of Bohairic Coptic

"s" as in "see" "t" as in "stop"

same same

c

t

as Coptic vowel "oo" as in "food"

same as consonent "w" as in "way"

u ou

as Greek vowel "i"

same "aw" "ew" "aiw" "wo" "ow" same same same same same same same same same same same same

"av" "ev"

au

eu

/ou ouw wou

"ph" as in "phone"

v , ' w s

"k" as in "kin", in Coptic words "sh" or "kh" in some Greek words

"ps"

"o" as in "hope" "sh" as in "shall" "f" as in "foot" "kh" as in "khan" "h" as in "high"

f

q h

"g" as in "go" "j" as in "judge" after e , / , i

j

"ch" as in "church"

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"ti" "e"

1.2.1 Examples: a bot

month servant

head

to keep

a ve bal

areh e bol

eye

from angel

bwk

holy

marketplace aggeloc

a gora

a gioc

deacon

tear

because

erm/

eybe

di a kwn eyouab

holy wine

school rejoice father to move grapes

house

anaz/b yel/l

/i

just sea

/rp

y m/i

to create to bring

iwt kim

iom kac

yami o

bone

i ni

little

cheese mother

kouji lac moni nobi

alwm

a loli

tongue

place to see

ma

mau niben

to shepherd nau

every

sin

also

to stand

on

ohi

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