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15 March , 2020, 03:41:31 PM
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how do you conjugate the verb, to be, in past and future tense in coptic?
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16 March , 2020, 01:33:46 AM
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Re: verb conjugations
« Reply #1 on: 16 March , 2020, 01:33:46 AM »
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲛⲓⲉⲗ,

As far as I know, there's no "verb to be" in Coptic. Linguistically speaking, there's of course a Copula in Coptic, not a verb (i.e., no conjugation) though.

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17 March , 2020, 11:49:13 PM
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Re: verb conjugations
« Reply #2 on: 17 March , 2020, 11:49:13 PM »
Yes, I would still use the copulae ⲡⲉ, ⲧⲉ and ⲛⲉ in the past tense, but I would precede the sentence with a ⲛⲉ to indicate the past. Also, I am not an expert myself, and it would be interesting to hear what others recommend.

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Re: verb conjugations
« Reply #3 on: 14 April , 2020, 07:19:12 PM »
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would you still use the words ⲡⲉ, ⲧⲉ, ⲛⲉ, even if you were referring to the past tense
Usually you don't use ⲡⲉ, ⲧⲉ, ⲛⲉ in verbal sentences.

For example:
He is talking: ϥⲥⲁϫⲓ
He talked: Ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ
You use it for nominal sentences
Ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩϩⲏⲕⲓ ⲡⲉ I am poor (no tense)
Ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϣⲫⲏⲣ I am your friend.
Hope that helps
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