2-7 Peace to you, thank you, please You greet someone and have a first short conversation.

Learn

These are the everyday phrases the sources teach for a first conversation. Learn each as a whole phrase, then listen for the pieces you already know: ⲡⲉⲕ- (your), ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ (I am), ⲛⲓⲙ (who).

ⲥⲁϫⲓ means speak: it is the word in the title of the course Ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ, "Speak with us", that many people learned Coptic from.

Words

• Shere Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ hail (a greeting) The angel's greeting to Mary (Luke 1:28) and the word that opens the apostles' letter (Acts 15:23); in the hymns it is Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, hail to you, Mary.
• tihireenee noten ϯϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ peace to you (to several people) What Jesus says to the disciples. ϯϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ, the peace, is also in the Deacons' School word list (L1 p12).
• ash pe pekreeti ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲏϯ how are you? (to a man) Literally "what is your state?" A classroom phrase (Saji Neman, the Deacons' School) built on Bible grammar (ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ + your + the noun, as in Matthew 5:46, ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲃⲉⲭⲉ, what is your reward). To several people it is ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲣⲏϯ (p. 77). The 1888 school dialogue in Rāhib asks the same with ⲡⲱⲥ, how: Ⲡⲱⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲣⲏϯ, how are you (to several), 'كيف حالكم' (p. 41).
• ash pe pereeti ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲏϯ how are you? (to a woman) Said to a woman (Saji Neman 1 p. 56); ⲡⲉⲣⲏϯ is your state with ⲡⲉ-, your to a woman.
• tiowog ϯⲟⲩⲟϫ I am well A classroom phrase, in the school dialogue of Rāhib's 1888 exercise book and taught by Saji Neman and the Deacons' School, not a church one. We are well: ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲟϫ (Saji Neman 2 p. 16). She is well is the next word. Said by a man or a woman, ϯⲟⲩⲟϫ is the same.
• esowog ⲥ̀ⲟⲩⲟϫ she is well She is well (Saji Neman 1 p. 79). ϯⲟⲩⲟϫ, I am well, is the same whether a man or a woman says it.
• tishepehmot entotk ϯϣⲉⲡϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲕ thank you (to a man) Literally "I receive grace from your hand": ϣⲉⲡ receive, ϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ grace, ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲕ from your hand (Saji Neman 1 p. 21).
• tishepehmot entoti ϯϣⲉⲡϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟϯ thank you (to a woman) ⲛ̀ⲧⲟϯ, from your hand, is said to a woman, ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲕ to a man.
• ariehmot ⲁ̀ⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ please (go ahead; literally: do the favor) In church it is Ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲁ̀ⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲁⲛ, "Lord, grant us"; the jenkom on the ⲁ is how the hymn books and the 1948 conversation book print it.
• enthok nim ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲛⲓⲙ who are you? (to a man)
• entho nim ⲛ̀ⲑⲟ ⲛⲓⲙ who are you? (to a woman) Not heard in a lesson book: Mallon gives ⲛ̀ⲑⲟ as the pronoun you to a woman.
• anok pe ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ it is I (with a name after it: I am …) You met ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (I) in lesson 1-2; the church books usually write it ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ, with the jenkom. Same word, same reading.
• saji ⲥⲁϫⲓ speak
• hemsi ϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ sit
• sotem ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ listen, hear
• anav ⲁⲛⲁⲩ look

Say it

• Tihireenee noten Ϯϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ Peace to you. (to several people)
• Et-hireenee nak Ⲧ̀ϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲁⲕ Peace to you. (to a man)
• Et-hireenee ne Ⲧ̀ϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲉ Peace to you. (to a woman)
• Ash pe pekreeti Ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲏϯ How are you? (to a man)
• Ash pe pereeti Ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲏϯ How are you? (to a woman)
• Tiowog Ϯⲟⲩⲟϫ I am well.
• Anok pe Meena Ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ I am Mina.
• Tishepehmot entotk Ϯϣⲉⲡϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲕ Thank you. (to a man)
• saji neman ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ speak with us