Lesson 11  i=a   The Indefinite Articles
 
There are two indefinite articles used in the Coptic Language:
Ov (a, an) singular (masculine and feminine) 
Han (some) plural (masculine and feminine) 

Examples:
Ovdia03k3 a covenant 
Ovalov a youth 
Ovh3t a heart 
Ovehoov a day 
Oviab an elephant 
     
Hanslil (some) offerings 
Hanwili rams 
Hanmaci bulls 
Han2f3r friends 


Exercise 11:
Fill in the blank with the appropriate article:
I have:  a Mother, a father, sisters and brothers.
Ovon5 -mav -iwt -cwni nem -`cn3ov.

I have: a wife, children, boys and girls.
Ovon5 -`chimi -alwov`i -23ri nem -2eri.

In our church: a Patriarch, (some) Metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons and a congregation.
Qen tenekkl3cia -patriarx3c -metropolitic -epickopoc -ov3b -re42em2i nem -`2lol