How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: For High School Students in Grades 9 Through 12This book is written for high school students and beginners. It avoids using complicated grammar. The examples are kept simple. In many cases the hieroglyphs are "unrolled" - each hieroglyphic word is presented to the student one hieroglyph at a time, just as we write an English word one letter at a time. Each hieroglyph is treated as if it were a letter. This makes it much easier for the beginning student. Volume 1 consists of a series of simple lessons which when completed will enable the student to read many simple hieroglyphic sentences and significant parts of more complex sentences. The grammar presented is "Middle Egyptian" which is the most common version taught. It is not necessary to have previously studied any other foreign language. In many ways, learning ancient Egyptian will be easier for the student who has never studied a foreign language before. |
Contents
Basic Concepts | |
Basic Grammar | |
Pronouns | |
Vocabulary builder and review | |
Adjectives | |
Sentences without verbs using nouns and adjectives | |
Prepositions and Adverbs | |
Numbers | |
More sentences without Verbs using adverbs and prepositions | |
Appendix The Core Egyptian Hieroglyphs | |
Common terms and phrases
1st Person 2nd Person Masculine 2nd Person Plural adjectives adverbial sentence adverbs ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic ancient Egyptians ankh Archaic form Arm holding beer bolt coil of rope Concept context crested bird dictionary dual Egyptian hieroglyphic Erman's example feathers Flagellum Forearm holding Forearm with hand front Gardiner Notation Goddess Goose grain grammar Head hieroglyphic sentence hieroglyphic words holding the scepter Hoopoe independent pronoun indicate individual hieroglyph Jabiru jump on Lesson Khnum language legs letters list of hieroglyphs loaf of bread negate noun or noun noun phrase Osiris papyrus Person Feminine Singular Person Masculine Singular person singular personal pronouns Phallus pintail duck predicate preposition prepositions and adverbs pronoun 3rd person quail chick ripple of water sandal strap scribe second noun series of lessons sister Sokar someone sparrow spelling Stick suffix pronoun 3rd sun-disk things type of sentence Unknown sign Upper Egypt Uraeus vertical strokes vocabulary vulture wearing write