Exercises for Lesson 4

Question 1: Transliterate and translate the following. Remember that you can freely add articles to make the translation sound better in English.

  1. π“Šƒπ“°π“π“π“…“π“‚§π“°π“Šͺπ“±π“π“Š›
  2. π“…±π“‡‹π“„Ώπ“Šžπ“ˆ–π“ˆ–π“°π“†“π“‹΄π“…ͺπ“€€
  3. 𓂋𓐰𓂝𓇳𓅓π“Šͺπ“±π“π“°π“‡―π“Ž›π“ˆ–π“°π“‚π“‡‹π“‚π“Ž›π“‡ΉοΈ€
  4. π“…±π“ƒ€π“ˆ–π“°π“‡Άπ“‡‹π“‚π“Ž›π“‡ΉοΈ€π“…“π“ŽΌπ“°π“‚‹π“Ž›π“‡°
  5. π“ŽΌπ“°π“‚‹π“€π“‹΄π“π“°π“‚‹π“œπ“‚‹π“‰”π“°π“‚‹π“…±π“‡³
  6. 𓆓𓐳𓂧π“Šͺπ“°π“π“Ž›π“…“π“Šͺ𓐱𓏏𓐰𓇯
Answers 1
  1. zt m dpt
    “The woman is in the boat.”
  2. wjꜣ n nḏs
    “The divine boat is for the commoner.”
  3. rκœ₯ m pt αΈ₯nκœ₯ jκœ₯αΈ₯
    “The sun is in the sky, together with the moon.”
  4. wbn j꜀αΈ₯ m grαΈ₯
    “The moon rises (or shines) in the night.”
  5. gr sαΈ«r r hrw
    “The plan is silent regarding the day.”
  6. ḏd ptαΈ₯ m pt
    “Ptah speaks in the sky.”

Question 2: Write in hieroglyphs and transliteration:

  1. The advice is from Ptah.
  2. The commoner is in the divine boat with Ptah.
  3. The commoner does not know about the era.
  4. The woman speaks about the night.
Answers 2
  1. π“‹΄π“π“°π“‚‹π“œπ“…“π“Šͺπ“°π“π“Ž›
    sαΈ«r m ptαΈ₯
  2. π“ˆ–π“°π“†“π“‹΄π“…ͺπ“€€π“…“π“…±π“‡‹π“„Ώπ“Šžπ“Ž›π“ˆ–π“°π“‚π“Šͺπ“°π“π“Ž›
    nḏs m wj꜒ αΈ₯n꜀ ptαΈ₯
  3. π“π“…“π“‚œπ“ˆ–π“°π“†“π“‹΄π“…ͺπ“€€π“‚‹π“‚‹π“°π“Ž‘π“‡³
    ḫm nḏs r rk
  4. π“†“π“³π“‚§π“Šƒπ“°π“π“π“‚‹π“ŽΌπ“°π“‚‹π“Ž›π“‡°
    ḏd zt r grαΈ₯