Pronouns and prepositions

A pronoun refers to a participant without repeating a noun. Middle Egyptian uses different pronoun sets in different constructions. Begin by recognising suffix pronouns, which attach to a preceding word. ⁵

Thus rn.j is “my name”, rn.s is “her name” and rn.sn is “their name”. A suffix changes its English translation according to its grammatical role. Egyptian grammatical gender also affects reference to things. ⁵

Connecting words with prepositions

Prepositions express relationships such as location, direction and accompaniment. Learn their meanings in phrases, since one Egyptian preposition can have several English equivalents. ¹²

Other pronoun sets

Independent pronouns can stand in constructions such as jnk sš, “I am a scribe”. Dependent pronouns occur in other positions, including as objects of many finite verbs. The dependent pronoun wj can mean “me”. These sets cannot be exchanged simply because English uses the same word for them. ^{13, 14}