A work in progress!
This subsite is an introduction to Egyptian grammar. They are intended to be helpful for beginners as well as those more familiar with the language. If you’re serious about learning Egyptian, I hope these pages will get you started, but they are no substitute for a real textbook by a real Egyptologist. Please see the Bibliography page for my sources and recommendations.
Remember my disclaimer: I am not an Egyptologist, just someone interested in ancient Egypt for many years.
Abbreviations for page conditions: FC forthcoming (page isn’t there at all or is empty); IC information on page is incomplete/not closely proofread; EX examples need to be fleshed out and/or written in hieroglyphs; NN needs navigation (links to adjacent chapters).
- Writing
- Parts of Speech
- Non-Verbal Sentences
- Verbal Forms
- The Infinitive (EX)
- Negative and Complementary Infinitives
- Pseudo-verbal construction
- The Imperative (IC)
- The Active Participle (FC)
- The Passive Participle (FC)
- sḏmtj.fj (FC)
- Verbal Sentences
- Verbal clause word order (NN)
- The Stative (NN)
- The sḏm.n.f form (NN)
- The sḏm.f (IC)
- Particles (FC)
- sḏm.tw.f (FC)
- sḏm.jn.f, sḏm.ḫr.f, sḏm.kꜣ.f (FC)
- sḏmt.f (FC)
- Subordinate Clauses
- Introduction to Clauses (NN)
- Adverb Clauses (IC)
- Noun Clauses (IC)
- Relative Clauses (IC)
- Supplementary Topics
- The Offering Formula (FC)
- Royal Titulary (FC)
- Other Titles (FC)
- Nomes
- Calendar
- Measurements (FC)
- Appendices
- Lexicon (IC)
- Sign List (NN)
- Signs by Shape (NN)
- Glossary of English Grammar (NN)
- Bibliography (IC)
- Recommended Websites (FC)