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    Using the ascii format provided by Geoffrey Graham
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    Author: * KhnumKhufu Mentuhotep - 1 Post on this thread out of 18 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Aug 22, 2003 - 20:15

    The question posted by Hatheputdatfut seems to be written in Geoffrey Graham's (geoffrey.graham@yale.edu) "pseudo-verbal construction", using the following key and ascii format. Perhaps this will help.


    Suffix Pronouns:
    =j "I, me, my"
    =k "you, your" masculine singular
    =T "you, your" feminine singular
    =f "he, him, his" (or "it" when the referent is m.)
    =s "she, her, hers" (or "it" when the referent is f.)
    =n "we, us, ours"
    =Tn "you, your" plural
    =sn "they, them, theirs"
    =tw "one, one's"

    Dependent Pronouns:
    wj - "I, me"
    Tw - "you" (m., sing.)
    Tn - "you" (f., sing.)
    sw - "he, him" (or "it" when the referent is m.)
    sy - "she, her" (or "it" when the referent is f.)
    st - "it" (inanimate objects which are not defined as m. or f.)
    n - "we, us"
    Tn - "you" (pl.)
    sn - "they, them" (mostly animate beings)
    st - "they, them" (mostly inanimate objects or animals)

    mk - "look/behold/hey"
    sDm - "hear"
    jnj.t - "bring"
    m33 - "see"
    s-nm - "feed"
    jTj.t - "take"
    Hr - "upon"
    r - "at/to/toward"
    m - "in"

    Examples:
    jw=sn Hr mrj.t - "they are loving"
    jw=j Hr mrj.t - "I am loving", "I was loving", or "I love".


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