1-2 My family You talk about your father, brother and sister.

New letters

• Ⲟ ⲟ O o as in or and 3 other ways: see the letters page
• Ⲱ ⲱ Omega o as in hope
• Ⲧ ⲧ Taf t as in table
• Ⲥ ⲥ Sima s as in sun
• Ⲕ ⲕ Kappa k as in king

Learn

ⲟ is a short o, as in or. ⲱ is a longer o, as in hope. ⲧ, ⲥ and ⲕ sound like t, s and k.

Say ⲥⲟⲛ like the English word sawn, not like son. In Coptic it means brother.

ⲁⲛⲟⲕ means I and ⲁⲛⲟⲛ means we. They differ only in the last letter.

ⲓⲱⲧ, father, is said yot: at the start of a word, before a vowel, ⲓ is y, as in yes. In the middle of a word it stays i, as in ⲡⲉⲕⲓⲱⲧ, pekiot, your father. Reading confirmed by the site owner, 7 Oct 2026.

Words

• yot ⲓⲱⲧ father
• son ⲥⲟⲛ brother Say it "sawn".
• soni ⲥⲱⲛⲓ sister
• anok ⲁⲛⲟⲕ I Church books often write it ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ, with a small mark you meet in Lesson 1-6.
• anon ⲁⲛⲟⲛ we Church books often write it ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲛ.
• Mark Ⲙⲁⲣⲕ Mark (a name)

Say it

• son nem soni ⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲥⲱⲛⲓ brother and sister
• Mark nem Meena Ⲙⲁⲣⲕ ⲛⲉⲙ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ Mark and Mina